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

The Saturday edition of Guangxi Daily, the official newspaper of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Committee of the Communist Party of China, became a sought-after collectible after featuring a profile on Wang Hong, a mathematician who recently won the Fields Medal. The article, which detailed her background and achievements, went viral online, prompting demand for the paper. In response, Guangxi Daily announced a reprinting and made the edition available for purchase online. The paper has a reported circulation of 250,000, though the exact number of copies sold was not disclosed.

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

The Saturday edition of Guangxi Daily, the official newspaper of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Committee of the Communist Party of China, became a sought-after collectible after featuring a profile on Wang Hong, a mathematician who recently won the Fields Medal. The article, which detailed her background and achievements, went viral online, prompting demand for the paper. In response, Guangxi Daily announced a reprinting and made the edition available for purchase online. The paper has a reported circulation of 250,000, though the exact number of copies sold was not disclosed.

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