User talk:Dxchow

Feel free to write your father's biography on your user page.
Your user page is a sandbox. So is your talk page. Your Puppet (talk) 03:47, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

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您好
如果需要帮给你，我将非常开心. 祝好， Philg88 ♦talk 15:45, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the offer. I would greatly appreciate your help since I am new at this and I want to somehow get this reviewed by Wikiproject, China of which you're part of? Sorry I am not trained to write/type in Chinese, but I do understand it.

Dxchow (talk) 18:10, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi there, I left you a message in Chinese in case it was easier for you to communicate in that language.


 * Clearly, English isn't a problem, so ...


 * There is still some work required on the article particularly with regard to improving the references. It would also be useful if you could tell me the Chinese characters for the name (I'm guessing 周 for the surname but the forename could be many things). More polishing of the prose and more links are also needed, and I will do this over the next few days. Best, Philg88 ♦talk 06:12, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi: Thanks for your input and help in advance. I just finished a first rough draft.... As you mentioned, the next step is to find references and to refine the writing...

Ching = Whale without the word fish Wen = Literature....

You should be able to find him in Chinese Wiki.... In Chinese, it says he is the nephew of xxx. I have been trying to find the biography of this person in English, but have not been able to....

Hi there: I saw the Chinese name. It should be the full whale word (I was thinking of two syllables without the second syllable....)
 * Hi, I've added the Chinese based on your evocative description and subsequent correction:) The Chinese Wikipedia article is here, please don't use machine translation on it - I will get to extracting any useful stuff in due course. I've also added a reference to his defection to Hong Kong and corrected the year (the source takes preference, sorry). There is also an interesting story about your father meeting Chairman Mao in this book: Mao's Way, which we could work into the article. It's probably also of interest for personal reasons. Best,  Philg88 ♦talk 18:48, 2 September 2014 (UTC)


 * ...of zh:张作相. The problem is that there are serveral different systems of Pinyin. "Zhang Zuoxiang" is in modern Pinyin system, while "Chang Tso-hiang" is in Wade–Giles system. Pekin is the spelling of Beijing in Wade–Giles system, Tientsin of Tianjing, etc.--180.172.239.231 (talk) 01:28, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi Philip: Thanks so much for the Chinese Wiki link and the link to Mao's way. Very interesting. Glad you caught the year he left China too. In his non-published autobiography, it was not very clear...Thx again, Dora

Hi again: The chinese wiki said he defected in 1956. I tried to click the reference and it is about Cuba.... and cannot find the page which said he defected in 1958. thx, dora
 * It's on page 27 :) Philg88 ♦talk 18:57, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

I saw that... I clicked on your reference link but it only showed through page 15. Is there a way to get to page 27? I must be missing something.... thx.
 * It seems that Google books makes different versions of previews available, depending on where you're located. Trust me, the reference is on page 27 :) Cheers, Philg88 ♦talk 06:40, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi philip: Of course I trust you! I was trying to see where that book gets their source. in Wiki, how do you resolve conflicting information from two sources? For example, the first reference points to a source he defected in 1957. I was hoping to find more sources to validate this piece of information.... thx, dora


 * What it actually says is "during the Great Leap Forward (1958-59)" and since 1958 is closest to your previous 1957, I used that. Don't worry, we'll get all the references ironed out in due course. Best, Philg88 ♦talk 15:27, 4 September 2014 (UTC)