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The result was delete. The one remaining "keep" merely references a withdrawn "keep". Sandstein 10:31, 29 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Theory of National Struggle (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

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It does not satisfy notability. Fire and Ice 16:45, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 16:50, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 16:50, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

*Keep I’m struggling to see how an important theory of Mao’s wouldn’t be notable, and the plentiful references and bibliography indicate that it clearly is. Mccapra (talk) 18:52, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• • Actually, Mao doesn't have this theory. (or more accurate, no one think Mao has a theory of national struggle.)Fire and Ice 15:08, 25 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Mccapra: Could you please indicate which references indicate that this theory is real or notable? I checked several of the references in the article, and they don't mention this theory. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 11:31, 27 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I agree the sources don’t explicitly support the existence of this theory so the article looks more like SYNTH than it did on first impression so I’m striking my vote. Mccapra (talk) 12:30, 27 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete On reviewing the references, I cannot see a direct quote of the name of this theory. Upon searching Google Scholar, very limited results came back for "Theory of National Struggle" and the other varient presented in this article seems to focus on ethnic struggle more generally, rather than provide a discussion on this as a theory. If this is a language barrier, maybe adding new source that outline this theory in English would help save this article. But, as it currently stands, I do not see this theory presented in academic literature - please do prove me wrong otherwise though! Jamzze (talk) 12:36, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• I'm inclined to say delete per Jamzze. The sources in the article seem dubious – they include primary sources by Lenin (published before Mao came to power) and websites that do not seem to mention the article's subject. If better sources are available (or if some of the offline sources actually do discuss this topic) then I'm open to reconsidering, but at this point I don't see evidence that this is actually a topic discussed in reliable sources. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 18:51, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per Mccapra. Bungstnk (talk) 03:23, 27 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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