Talk:Gao Yan (politician)

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A fact from Gao Yan (politician) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 October 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a Chinese corruption investigation into Gao Yan has been interpreted as a political move against Li Peng, then second-in-command of the Communist Party of China?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/October. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gao Yan (politician).

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 22:21, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that a Chinese corruption investigation into Gao Yan has been interpreted as a political move against Li Peng, then second-in-command of the Communist Party of China? Source: " Some analysts believed that this was an indirect move against Li Peng, then second-in-command of the CPC and who had close links to the Corporation, ahead of his expected resignation at the 16th National Congress", refs 5, 6, 8 (LA Times, WaPo, NYT) -- verifiable via The Wikipedia Library
- ALT1:... that Gao Yan was a top political leader in two Chinese provinces, Jilin and Yunnan? Source: China Vitae and SCMP -- governor is 2nd in command, party leader is 1st
- ALT2:... that in 2002, Gao Yan fled China amidst a corruption investigation into him? Source: "He reportedly fled the country in 2002 amidst investigations into corruption as the leader of the State Power Corporation of China." SCMP, all of the ProQuest sources verify as well
- ALT3:... that the stock value of the State Power Corporation of China drastically fell due to a corruption investigation into its general manager, Gao Yan? Source: "The investigation triggered a steep drop in the stock value of the State Power Corporation" SCMP, LA Times (again via TWL)

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Comment: Third nomination, so no QPQ. Also, I am aware of the BLP policy and have tried to be cautious, but if there are any issues feel free to rectify them or point them out.. this is my first time contributing majorly to a BLP.

Created by Eviolite (talk). Self-nominated at 02:16, 3 October 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Article long and new enough. As neutral as it can get, I think. It can probably benefit from the use of the Infobox Office template, but it’s not necessarily required. QPQ not needed and no copyvio detected. Good to go. Juxlos (talk) 10:59, 3 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Juxlos: I have added Infobox officeholder. Which hook do you think is the most neutral? Thanks, eviolite (talk) 16:58, 3 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Eviolite: ALT3, I’d say. Juxlos (talk) 20:20, 3 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT3 to T:DYK/P3