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Supor

Supor ( ), full name Zhejiang Supor Co., Ltd., is a Chinese cookware and small appliances company, headquartered in Binjiang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It was founded in 1994. In 2006 it was the largest such company in China. That year Groupe SEB, a French company, paid 2.37 billion yuan (US$296 million) to acquire Supor. It was the first Chinese cookware company to be listed on a stock market.

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Supor ( ), full name Zhejiang Supor Co., Ltd., is a Chinese cookware and small appliances company, headquartered in Binjiang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It was founded in 1994. In 2006 it was the largest such company in China. That year Groupe SEB, a French company, paid 2.37 billion yuan (US$296 million) to acquire Supor. It was the first Chinese cookware company to be listed on a stock market.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 1994 — 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 "1994". 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=1367554122

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