A fact from Wang Yinglai appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 July 2018 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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"However, the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) intervened and the Communist government considered the Nobel Prize a symbol of Western decadence. Instead, Wang was held a virtual prisoner[6] in a building at his institute and forced to study Mao Zedong thought." - confusing... what exactly about his work led to this? does the source expand on this at all?
"synthesis of a transfer RNA, another significant biological molecule, in the late 1970s.[2]" - from inorganic compounds? could you clarify?
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Might consider combining family and death into a personal life section
Can awards be moved to a subsection within career?
"students at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[4]" - graduate students? undergraduate? any details?
Little bit concerned about comprehensiveness. For a relatively accomplished scientist, I would think there might be more out there on his accomplishments by way of his publications?
@Ceranthor: Thanks for your review and sorry about the late response. I've edited the article to incorporate all your suggestions above. Regarding the Cultural Revolution, Wang was not persecuted for any specific thing that he did. It's just in the anti-intellectual political environment of the time, almost all top academics were suspected of disloyalty to the proletariat and forced to study Mao's writings. The image is public domain because it was taken in 1938 and photographs enter public domain after 50 years according to Chinese copyright laws. I have also added a list of his major publications per your suggestion. -Zanhe (talk) 20:15, 28 September 2018 (UTC)Reply