Talk:Xiao Yang (judge)

A news item involving Xiao Yang (judge) was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 20 April 2019.

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A fact from Xiao Yang (judge) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 May 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that after Chief Justice Xiao Yang implemented reforms requiring all capital punishment cases to be reviewed by the Supreme Court, death sentences in China dropped by 30% in a year?

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Age at death

The English-language source for death states he was 81; I can't read the Chinese language one, but it appears to have "81" in the text. Could someone please clarify, as this obviously conflicts with the August month of birth. Espresso Addict (talk) 23:47, 20 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Espresso Addict: That's because of the traditional Chinese way of counting age, which is usually (but not always) a year older than the Western tradition. See East Asian age reckoning. -Zanhe (talk) 23:50, 20 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, ok. Thanks. Espresso Addict (talk) 23:52, 20 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]