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Wang Binbin

Wang Binbin (born 1962) is a professor and vice dean of the School of Literature at Nanjing University. He mainly engages in the research of modern and contemporary Chinese literature, cultural criticism and cultural history. He has published many articles on literary criticism and has made academic criticisms of the works of scholars such as Wang Shuo, Jin Yong and Yu Qiuyu. He also sparked controversy in the academic community by writing an article accusing Tsinghua University professor Wang Hui of plagiarism in many parts of his famous doctoral dissertation "Resisting Despair: Lu Xun and His Literary World".

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Wang Binbin (born 1962) is a professor and vice dean of the School of Literature at Nanjing University. He mainly engages in the research of modern and contemporary Chinese literature, cultural criticism and cultural history. He has published many articles on literary criticism and has made academic criticisms of the works of scholars such as Wang Shuo, Jin Yong and Yu Qiuyu. He also sparked controversy in the academic community by writing an article accusing Tsinghua University professor Wang Hui of plagiarism in many parts of his famous doctoral dissertation "Resisting Despair: Lu Xun and His Literary World".

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  1. date of birth: 1962 — 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 birth is "1962". 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=1332393521

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