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Foping County

Foping ( ) is a county under the administration and in the northeast corner of Hanzhong City, in the south of Shaanxi province, China. The county was first established in 1824. It has been called the 'home of dogwood', having over 100,000 Mu (ca. 162 km 2 ) of dogwood forests. The Qinling panda was first discovered in Foping.

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Foping ( ) is a county under the administration and in the northeast corner of Hanzhong City, in the south of Shaanxi province, China. The county was first established in 1824. It has been called the 'home of dogwood', having over 100,000 Mu (ca. 162 km 2 ) of dogwood forests. The Qinling panda was first discovered in Foping.

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  1. date of establishment: 1824 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1824". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373561552

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