Talk:Kwon Pyong

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:05, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that a Chinese activist wore a "Xitler" shirt, went to prison, then escaped to South Korea on a jet ski?

• Source: https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/23/asia/china-south-korea-dissident-jet-ski-detained-intl-hnk

• ALT1: ... that a Chinese activist jet-skied 300 kilometres (190 mi) and 14 hours to escape to South Korea?

• Source: Yoon, John (2024-06-23). "After Escaping China by Sea, a Dissident Faces His Next Act". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-03-07.

• Hawkins, Amy (2023-11-22). "Xi critic who fled 300km on jetski to South Korea will die if sent back to China, says father". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-03-07.

• ALT2: ... that The Shawshank Redemption inspired a Chinese activist to escape from China?

• Source: Yoon, John (2024-06-23). "After Escaping China by Sea, a Dissident Faces His Next Act". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-03-07.

• Reviewed: (see Katie Nimon) Template:Did you know nominations/Vanessa Weenink

Created by Bremps (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

Bremps... 08:14, 7 March 2026 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article is new enough and long enough. Hook fact is interesting, copyvio tool shows no issue. Looks good to go!  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:44, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

GA review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Kwon Pyong/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Bremps (talk · contribs) 18:42, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: HurricaneZeta (talk · contribs) 18:43, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Claiming HurricaneZeta^C 18:43, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Prose

Lead

• He was charged in 2017 with inciting subversion - Clarify where this was
• There are a few unnecessary commas here: inciting subversion, and served, jet ski, and was detained and sentence, and was deported.
• where he planned to plead asylum. - From what I found, seeking asylum is when someone proactively does it, and pleading asylum is a defense against legal proceedings . Based on the source the phrase used here should be "seek" instead of "plead".
• Johnny Kwon - This isn't sourced in the article

Background

• Unnecessary comma at in 1988, to an
• He travelled in Lebanon and Syria - change "in" to "to"
• He was described as a regular visitor to South Korea. - I don't think that this needs to be attributed, as other statements in the source aren't, NYT is RS and it says He has visited South Korea, his grandfather’s birthplace, regularly since childhood.. Also, expand it to mention the childhood and grandfather part if you can.

Arrest and imprisonment in China

• Section looks fine

Flight to South Korea

• Inspired by The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - I don't think the year is needed
• Link Incheon Coast Guard to Korea Coast Guard instead
• planned to plead asylum. - As per above, change this to "seek" asylum instead

Sources

Spotcheck:

• 1b/2a/3a:  Pass (supports conflicting 2012/2014 dates)
• 3e:  Pass; The two lawyers hired by Mr. Kwon’s parents were excluded from defending him in court days before the trial started
• 5i:  Pass; the mud flat where he haplessly came ashore off Incheon last summer
• 5o:  Pass; warned Mr. Kwon of the dangers of China’s overseas police effort, known as Operation Fox Hunt
• 7b:  Pass; He previously told a friend that he was planning to wear a t-shirt with anti-Xi messages on the street on October 1, China’s National Day.
• 9b:  Pass; indictment against him is largely based on some 80 posts he made to Facebook and Twitter
• 16d:  Pass; It is presumed that Kwon was able to reach the vicinity of Incheon Port in about 14 hours. using google translate
• 18:  Pass; He was detained and was being investigated for breaching immigration law, the statement said.
• 19a:  Pass; Kwon’s request for asylum in South Korea is still pending
• 20:  Pass; have confirmed that Quan Ping is currently in a detention facility in Elizabeth City using google translate

Other

• No images/media, can't find any freely licensed ones to be used so that's fine
• Follows the MOS guidelines required for GA
• No major information missing from the article, available reliable sources have been used and all major points covered
• All used sources appear to be reliable
• Article follows NPOV
• Article is stable

Bremps HurricaneZeta^C 23:37, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Let's roll.

I implemented everything save for the grandfather detail, which I don't think is important. An ethnic Korean having ancestors born in Korea is ... implied.

@HurricaneZeta Are we good for the GA? Bremps... 02:35, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

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