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Comment: I have reviewed the sources. The China Daily article is excellent for establishing notability, but aside from that and the paywalled Wall Street Journal article, the other sources mainly focus on the subject's companies and often do not mention the subject at all. Please try to find more articles that cover the subject in a personal and in-depth manner, similar to the China Daily source. In case if you are not aware, Chinese-language sources can also count toward notability on English Wikipedia, so it might be helpful to look for more of those as well. Prince of Erebor（The Book of Mazarbul）06:14, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Xu does not seem to have received significant coverage independent of his businesses. Of the four sources currently in the article, three of them are entirely about Hengdian companies with passing mentions of Xu. The article in The New Yorker by Ian Johnson does discuss Xu's life for several paragraphs; however, it is still entirely within the context of how he started Hengdian. Consider finding additional sources specifically about Xu's life or personal significance and resubmit. Dan Leonard (talk • contribs)05:18, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I have reviewed the sources. The China Daily article is excellent for establishing notability, but aside from that and the paywalled Wall Street Journal article, the other sources mainly focus on the subject's companies and often do not mention the subject at all. Please try to find more articles that cover the subject in a personal and in-depth manner, similar to the China Daily source. In case if you are not aware, Chinese-language sources can also count toward notability on English Wikipedia, so it might be helpful to look for more of those as well. Prince of Erebor（The Book of Mazarbul） 06:14, 28 December 2024 (UTC)