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Re:Sci-Hub new published papers are now available by Stupulous on Monday September 06, 2021 @01:52PM (#28436224)
It's unusual, you'd expect more names with more people. Maybe it's a cultural difference of how much we value individuality vs the collective?

Or maybe not. There are 38,000 James Smiths in the US, and 294,000 Zhang Weis in China, which is relatively close to parity as a percentage of population. Zhang Wei is about twice as common. I don't know if this is some statistical artifact, and if the US would trend in that direction with more people.

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Re:Sci-Hub new published papers are now available by temp8964 on Monday September 06, 2021 @02:14PM (#28436420)
I think there is also a cultural change after the communist party took over the country. Modern Chinese names are very different from pre-ccp Chinese names. For example, Zhang Wei wouldn’t be a common name in old days.
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Re:Sci-Hub new published papers are now available by MajorosMask on Monday September 06, 2021 @09:56PM (#28440017)
See, they use Chinese names in Chinese, where a dozen of different names would be translated into "Zhang Wei" in English or other PIE based languages.

At least they don't have two presidents called George Bush，or 17 Brandon Stark (ref: https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Brandon_Stark_(disambi...)

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