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The content in this article is identically the same as that in [1], even thought the website doesn't claim the copyright clearly. Is that alright? -- Yacht 04:04, Mar 28, 2004 (UTC)
Can someone post a picture. Bai Ling looks beautiful on picture in her earlier days. Can someone find an earlier picture? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Harvarder ( talk • contribs) 26 April 2005 (UTC)
Pictures were posted but removed Colbfi ( talk) 08:33, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
May she be included in the "bisexual actors" category please? 8/28/6 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.231.249.141 ( talk) 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Since Ms Bai gave at least one interview saying that she was bisexual plus above it says it is a LGBT article I can't figure out Y no "LGBT people" or "bisexual people" or similar listin in the groups at bottom of the article —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.239.31.248 ( talk) 19:15, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
"Additionally, Go Fug Yourself has documented Bai numerous times appearing publicly in revealing outfits that happen to "slip" and show her nipples in pictures, despite the fact that she was attending as a guest at events with no overt sexual content"
Is the author trying to insinuate here that Bai Ling dresses in revealing outfits to attract attention at events where she is not a featured star? Even if she does, she'd hardly be the only actress to do so and I don't see how this belongs in a "Controversy" section. -- Funkmistress 17:49, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
If she was cut from Episode III, should it still be included in her filmography? I would think not. -- feitclub 11:12, May 12, 2005 (UTC)
This article has too many links, is too confusing, and in some parts unsubstantiated.
Chegdu is the capital City of the Sichuan region - therefore it is incorrect to say she moved from Chengdu to Sichuan (a bit like saying someone moved from London to England!).
I think the author should take note of her unpopularity within Chinese audiences.
You're talking about Wiki, accuracy is not typical of many articles —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.239.31.248 ( talk) 19:18, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
"...and the combination of Ling and a surname is very common."
Um...aren't ALL personal names, every one of them, always used in combination with a surname? OF COURSE a common personal name will be commonly used in combination with a surname. What is trying to be said here? -- Charlene 12:53, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
Based on personal knowledge of someone who knew her back in Sichuan growing up, she was more likely born between 1962 and 1964. She has a younger brother (not according to her quoted birthday) who was born in 1969. She was in the children's art group in Chengdu. Her father teaches at Sichuan University. When she came to the United States she was traveling and performing as a dancer. I saw her perform for a local Chinese New Year celebration in early 93 or 94 and she did not look 23 or 24 then. Taipan525 00:14, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
There are many versions about her birth year: 1961, 1963, 1968, and 1970, as of 2007. Check this image out: [2]. It's a movie shot in 1985. You may barely believe that she was 15 then, if you cannot tell the age of an oriental woman easily. But as a Chinese, I believe she looks more 24 than 15 on that picture. Also think about her role in her first movie On the Beach, as a country girl who became a worker, fought against her father's will for her to marry her cousin, and fall in love with another young man. Chinese authority would not possibly allow a "14 year old girl" to act like that in early 1980's. She must be over her 20s then. -- Mongol 19:06, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
http://www.sc.xinhuanet.com/content/2005-11/21/content_5638001.htm
Also why is her participation in the Tianamen Square protests in question? Over a million people particpated in Beijing alone, not to mention the other hundreds of thousands around the country, its not exactly like it would have exactly been very hard to do, or that they were restricted to a select group.
The article pointing to her age isn't a reliable source. If this was the Chinese Wikipedia (or if the source could be translated into English), maybe it would be. But being that this is the English Wikipedia, it would be better if the source of her birth year was from an article written in English. Anthony Rupert 16:27, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
Her fan site, http://www.bai-ling.org/ , claims that she was born on 10 October 1970. Q43 ( talk) 00:54, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
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I saw the Screen Savers episode with Bai Ling and I thought it was obvious she knew the hosts weren't a gay couple and instead was only poking fun. I've corrected it in the article, but if others think she was genuinely confused, speak up!
Shouldn't the name of this article be Bai Ling. I have never heard or seen her referenced as Ling Bai. If she wanted to be known as Ling Bai, wouldn't she have informed someone by now? 132.239.1.230 02:58, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
Chinese names usually include the family name (always before the name) and the name. Which, in this case, is Bai(family name) and Ling (name). You don't change the order. Usually. And, most important, you cannot call her "Bai" as if it was her given name, cause it would sound strange in chinese. You just say Bai Ling or Miss Bai. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tickettofly ( talk • contribs) 12:17, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
The following appears to be (logical) synthesis, or needs attribution and sourcing from RS that performed this analysis. TableManners 06:59, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
“ | Many of the events in Bai's past have only been verified by Bai herself; her past in China is especially in doubt. No independent source besides Ling has verified her claims of her time spent in the Chinese army. The same is true of her time spent in New York as a visiting scholar, when her age would have made her a suspiciously young candidate for such an honor, especially given the paucity of her academic achievements. Finally, her participation in the Tiananmen Square protests would have been quite remarkable, given the fact that she attended the 1989 Moscow International Film Festival one month later as a member of an official Chinese movie group. | ” |
This was all messed up, alternately reporting the wrong year, and even amazingly the wrong GENDER for Bai Ling. I've fixed it all. 1961 is what we will be reporting, as that is what her own father is cited as saying her year of birth is. Her father is the definitive authority on the subject, obviously. Also, she couldn't possibly have been born in 1970, as she was doing things during the Cultural Revolution that began in 1966. That would be a fantastic prenatal achievement, if she were born in 1970. • Lawrence Cohen 17:48, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
Why do people keep reverting her age back to the discredited 1970 ?? If her driving license when arrested said 1966, then that is her age, period. As she has not been charged with falsifying her US Citizenship application then we can presume that she also used this age then also. To keep changing it back to 1970 is to say that Bai Ling is in possession of a fake Driving License - not only that, but one that states she is 4 years OLDER than her agent claims (unlikely huh). As Bai Ling has not been charged with anything related to falsifying identities, then we can safely say that the US Authorities are satisfied with her date of birth being 1966.
I'm removing all of that extra stuff from her birth year column. Many reputable sources, including her drivers license, state 1966. -- Starbucks95905 ( talk) 07:00, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot ( talk) 19:45, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Bai Ling has come out as bisexual, as revealed on this link at GLAAD. As a bisexual person, I find the statements by the person who keeps reverting these edits not only inaccurate (in that, her coming-out hardly lacks sources) but also offensive, in that it keeps being referred to as "negative content" and that some arbitrary "important to their lives" criteria is being applied here that is not applied with other biographical labels. We should keep the info as it is sourced, and also evaluate whether people who see bisexuality as a negative thing are the ones to be policing sexuality labels on Wikipedia. Beggarsbanquet ( talk) 09:39, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
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According to the current version of the article, she was born in 1966, graduated high school in 1978 at age 12, served in the army and was in a mental hospital, being released from the hospital in 1981, age 15. I DO NOT BELIEVE IT. Seven Pandas ( talk) 14:29, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
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世界上最美麗的女人 Soo true 174.251.192.190 ( talk) 00:43, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
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