Template:Did you know nominations/Shu Hongbing

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:31, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Shu Hongbing

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... ~~that the Chinese biologist Shu Hongbing, who was appointed as vice-president of Wuhan University in 2013, didn't know any English when he newly entered senior high school?~~

Created by Hwangjinghai (talk). Self nominated at 02:46, 21 September 2014 (UTC).

The article is fine, but the hook does not sound interesting. I think a hook contrasting the fact that he didn't speak English in high school, but then earned a Ph.D. from Emery, would be more interesting. Another, perhaps more interesting fact is that he went to school barefoot because he couldn't afford to buy shoes, according to the youth.cn source. -Zanhe (talk) 09:24, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

ALT1 ... that Chinese immunologist Shu Hongbing did not speak English when he entered senior high school, but later earned a Ph.D. from Emory University?
ALT2 ... that Chinese immunologist Shu Hongbing went to school barefoot because he could not afford to buy shoes?

--Huang Jinghai (talk) 07:34, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

New enough, long enough, and well referenced. Both hooks are verified with inline refs, but I slightly prefer ALT2. No copyvio issues. Good to go. -Zanhe (talk) 19:54, 8 October 2014 (UTC)