Talk:People's Republic of China

Article Checklist for "People's Republic of China"

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Article status	Developing article: beyond a stub, but incomplete
Underlinked article?	No
Basic cleanup done?	Yes
Checklist last edited by	John Stephenson 04:09, 18 May 2007 (CDT)

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Size

To anticipate discussion: yes, I know Russia is also in East Asia, and that Russia is larger than China. However, 'East Asia' tends to refer to China, the two Koreas, Japan and the south-eastern states like Thailand; Russia is not culturally part of this, and Russian people are mostly not Asian people. In any case most of Russia's on the other side of the Eurasian continent. But rewrite if you want... John Stephenson 04:21, 18 May 2007 (CDT)

Bias

I've tried to be even-handed in starting this article (for the record, I've had friends in the PRC as well as Taiwan, and I live in Japan). You may think it brushes past the human rights issues too much, or that it makes nice too much with the Communists, etc. Alternatively, you may think it's too critical. Others are welcome to hack away at it. John Stephenson 04:37, 18 May 2007 (CDT)

The human rights abuses are already recognized by the House and Department of State report, so it's not controversial to include them. Yi Zhe Wu 13:51, 23 June 2007 (CDT)

I don't think we should make this a U.S.-Centric concept. I recommend we tread carefully over this issue to illustrate the most factually accurate viewpoint possible.--Robert W King 13:56, 23 June 2007 (CDT)

Name

The question is whether this will concern everything about the PRC, or only its history and politics. If everything, then the article should be continuous with the China article. If not everything, then we ought to make a statement to that effect near the top of the talk page. --Larry Sanger 10:02, 18 May 2007 (CDT)