Neusoft

Article summary

Neusoft Corporation is a Chinese multinational provider of software engineering services, Information Technology services, product engineering services, IT education and medical equipment headquartered in Shenyang, China. "Neusoft" is an acronym of N orth e astern U niversity Soft ware. The company was founded in 1991 and, as of 2023, is the largest China-based company providing IT services and, as of 2012, the largest software outsourcing firm in China. Neusoft has subsidiaries in United States (Livonia, Michigan, Santa Clara, California, Morrisville, North Carolina), Japan (Tokyo), Switzerland (Appenzell), Germany (Hamburg, Munich) and Romania (Cluj-Napoca).

Key claims

1. date of foundation: 1991 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of foundation: 1988 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. date of foundation: 1996 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. employees: 6,000 employees — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. employees: 15,000 employees — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

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 foundation is "1991". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of foundation is "1988". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the date of foundation is "1996". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the employees is "6,000 employees". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. The record states that the employees is "15,000 employees". What evidence would count against this claim?
7. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
8. 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=1359618358