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 received the prestigious Fields Medal alongside her compatriot Deng Yu – went viral…

News - South China Morning Post reports that copies of the official paper of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Committee of the Communist Party of China are not usually a hot commodity.

The report adds: But the Saturday edition of Guangxi Daily became an overnight collector’s item after its front-page story on Wang Hong – who last week received the prestigious Fields Medal alongside her compatriot Deng Yu – went viral…

Wang, who hails from the southern region, took home the highest honour for mathematicians under the age of 40 on July 23.

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