Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Lee (academic)


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The result was   delete. J04n(talk page) 00:36, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

John Lee (academic)

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Article about a political commentator and Associate Professor, but I can find no reliable independent coverage about him. I can't find any reliable reviews about his book, "Will China Fail?" either. Fails WP:GNG and WP:PROF. Sionk (talk) 12:20, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
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 * ?. Has this BLP come to AfD before? Xxanthippe (talk) 21:48, 19 February 2013 (UTC).
 * Delete, In attempting to search for references to indicate notability as defined by WP:GNG, WP:PROF, and WP:ANYBIO I found no significant coverage where the subject is the primary subject of the source. Therefore, not finding sources to verify notability of the subject, deletion is the appropriate course.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 04:02, 20 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Preserve, An independent profile on John Lee can be found here: http://www.aberdeen-asset.com/aam.nsf/tradingplaces/speakersjohnL
 * Self-written. Xxanthippe (talk) 09:45, 22 February 2013 (UTC).

This article in the Washington Times by Kim Holmes, VP of Foreign Policy at the Heritage Foundation also refers to the work of Prof Lee (especially his book Will China Fail?) in an exceptionally favourable tone: http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2010/11/freedom-trumps-chinas-economic-model A google search on John Lee will reveal that Prof Lee from Sydney University is the first person that comes up, indicating a strong presence from a number of reputable sources. A search of "john lee china" reveals even more about Dr. Lee and his work which is extensive and in highly prominent and reputable sources. One review of his book, Will China Fail?, can be found here: http://www.viet-studies.info/kinhte/will_china_fail.htm One of many independent articles based on Prof Lee's work can be found here: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/11/the-losers-in-chinas-leadership-transition/264966/ Another can be found here from the Far Eastern Economic Review: http://www.viet-studies.info/kinhte/will_china_fail.htm And also here: http://chinabookreviews.weebly.com/4/post/2008/06/1.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.217.83.137 (talk) 09:08, 22 February 2013 (UTC) — 121.217.83.137 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * ?. Is there some connection here? Xxanthippe (talk) 09:45, 22 February 2013 (UTC).
 * Delete. Seems to be no pass of WP:Prof from GS. I can't see much else. Too early. Xxanthippe (talk) 23:29, 22 February 2013 (UTC).
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