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Fields Medal Winner Wang Hong Profile Sparks Newspaper Frenzy

Scalpers have significantly marked up the price of the Guangxi Daily newspaper after it featured a profile on Fields medal winner Wang Hong. The Saturday edition of the paper, which chronicled Wang's life and upbringing in Guilin, became highly sought after. In response to demand, Guangxi Daily has arranged for a reprint of the edition. AI

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Fields Medal Winner Wang Hong Profile Sparks Newspaper Frenzy

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Holly Chik ·

    Scalpers snap up local paper after profile on Fields winner Wang Hong goes viral

    Copies of the official paper of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Committee of the Communist Party of China are not usually a hot commodity. But the Saturday edition of Guangxi Daily became an overnight collector’s item after its front-page story on Wang Hong – who last week r…