A fact from Song Jian appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 January 2018 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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The article states that its subject earned an "associate Ph.D." from Moscow State. What is that? Please help. Thanks, Hoktiwe (talk) 18:21, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Hoktiwe: That's what the sources say. Evidently that is/was a degree offered by Soviet/Russian universities. -Zanhe (talk) 22:33, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Zanhe: Thanks for the info. I'll try to find out more. Best wishes, Hoktiwe (talk) 22:41, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
