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Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Chinese Tea Culture


 * Article Evaluation
 * The Wiki article provides a good foundation when looking at the culture of Chinese tea and highlights the basics. By including use of traditional Chinese terms with the Chinese characters and explanation in English, the article provides a look into its history and how tea served a major role in previous dynasties. The article is well organized, titling various sections covering certain topics regarding the history and ways of Chinese tea. What I plan to do to contribute to the wiki-page is additional information and detail on what may already be introduced on the culture of Chinese tea, its influence on the culture, and more. I plan to include the impact that tea had on the Chinese people and people of the world. I also plan to go into greater detail of the tea ceremonies and its meanings. I want to look at tea culture today and its impact on interactions with China in diplomacy and business. There are a few ideas that are either worded strangely or are all over the place, I want to make tweaks to these areas and help make it a more cohesive writing. I also plan to bring in more resources, as the Wiki-page either had sources missing or needed more in total. It is part of the Wikiproject China at a start level of high importance


 * Sources
 * https://blog.arogya.net/modern-tea-customs-china/ ,
 * https://studycli.org/chinese-culture/tea/
 * http://www.china.org.cn/learning_chinese/Chinese_tea/2011-08/03/content_23133510.htm, https://cmjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13020-022-00571-1 , https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/49713/MA-Thesis--Jie-Li.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y , The rise of tea culture in China : the invention of the individual, https://studycli.org/chinese-culture/tea/ ,
 * https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2021/12/e3sconf_icersd2020_05043.pdf,

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Tourism in China


 * Article Evaluation:
 * The article has good information such as charts and graphs showing statistics on visitors, economics, along with attraction ratings. These need to be updated occasionally to keep the page honest. Organized in 13 different sections, the article covers topics from the simple history of tourism, the language, and cities, to the tourist services and attractions. The page currently contains various lists of cities and tourist sites which may need to be added as lists linked to instead of simply in the body. I plan to include information in regard to tourism infrastructure, what’s available, and its quality. I will add various types of tourism present in China such as: cultural/heritage, Red, tea, silk, environmental or green, wildlife, adventure, as well as regular sight-seeing. It will also include the sustainability of tourism and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) impact. It is part of the Wikiproject China rate as a start level, but of high importance.


 * Sources:

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Silk Industry in China


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is already quite small on its own. Its topics help to introduce ideas such as industrial plans, geography, and foreign investments. The only statistics listed is from 2005 making its information out of date. It is listed as a Wikiproject China and it is rated a stub class of high importance. I will be able to further expand on these existing ideas as well as introduce more information regarding China’s silk industry such as history and cultural impact. I will cover the current economic impact of the silk industry including jobs, GDP, and exports. I will also add silk tourism and what it is today. It is a Stub level and is of high importance.


 * Sources
 * http://managementjournal.usamv.ro/pdf/vol.18_1/Art49.pdf, https://www.worldhistory.org/Silk/ , https://tradingeconomics.com/china/exports-of-silk-fabrics

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Soft power of China


 * Article Evaluation
 * This wiki article is very direct and straight to the point. Opening up with defining soft power and describing what it looks like, yet there is not too much more. This idea of China's soft power is very real and not covered in Wikipedia as it relates to China. I believe I can do a better, in depth analysis of China's soft power and where it stands currently. For years now, the country has been looking for more ways it can influence the world through soft power tactics, and I would like to explore these in this article. The article reflects on "soft power rankings" and "global influence" and its diplomacy, however I think it is important to include the different forms of soft power in which China uses to grow their influence in the world. This includes: writing, art, music, film, environmental policy, sports, and more. I will also include what some consider “pure” soft power and how China couples it with their economy. Many western countries may not be affected by China’s influence but many eastern countries are. I want to look at the Belt and Road initiative and how it impacts China’s influence. Social media has grown, more people have the ability to experience first-hand all Chinese culture has to offer in the world. China's presence continues to grow and gain interest from abroad.


 * Sources
 * China's Soft Power and International Relations, edited by Hongyi Lai, and Yiyi Lu, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/depaul/detail.action?docID=981925 . https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1440&context=hcoltheses, https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/634616 , https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvfrxqkv ,
 * https://www.e-ir.info/2020/07/03/the-state-of-chinas-soft-power-in-2020/, https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/chinas-big-bet-soft-power , https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-what-does-chinas-new-paris-agreement-pledge-mean-for-climate-change , https://brill-com.ezproxy.depaul.edu/view/journals/hjd/14/1-2/article-p7_2.xml ,
 * https://www.proquest.com/docview/2596973338?accountid=10477&parentSessionId=499AlIi5iDijPKiFJ3pc8X3iIdlILRN0x2TfMe5fMEc%3D&pq-origsite=primo&forcedol=true

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Chinese Olympic Politics


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article provides the history of China’s olympics. It closely notes the way China has changed throughout time, its relations with Taiwan and the impact on the Olympics. I plan to look at the Olympics and the way it is used in global politics by China. This has been rated Stub-class of Mid-importance.


 * Sources