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A fact from The Penguin History of Modern China appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 June 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that The Penguin History of Modern China profiled the Christian General, whose army moved to the beat of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Penguin History of Modern China.

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The result was: promoted by Hey man im josh talk 18:31, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that The Penguin History of Modern China profiled the Christian General, whose army moved to the beat of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"?

Source: Righter, Rosemary (2008-05-30). "The Penguin History of Modern China by Jonathan Fenby. The Times review by Rosemary Righter: China's tortuous history still weighs heavily on its shoulders". The Times. Archived from the original on 2024-06-18. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
The article notes: "Fenby excels at weaving the strands of his complex narrative into heroic and more often harrowing tales. There are sharp pen portraits of the heroes and (mostly) villains of the piece: exotic monsters such as the Dog Meat General, or the Christian General whose men marched to the tune (but not the words) of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, but also leading figures such as Sun Yatsen and Zhou Enlai - the first of whom emerges as a disorganised lightweight, the second as a ruthless accomplice to Mao’s crimes."

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sebastiaan Matheus Sigismund de Ranitz (1901–1987)

Created by Cunard (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 76 past nominations.

Cunard (talk) 07:13, 18 June 2024 (UTC).[reply]

I’ll review this. Thriley (talk) 21:53, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Article created 18 June. No issues of copyvio or plagiarism. All sources appear reliable. Hook is interesting and sourced. QPQ is done. Looks ready to go. Thriley (talk) 17:20, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]