Wang Hsing-ching

Wang Hsing-ching (王杏慶/王杏庆 Wáng Xìngqìng) (born in 1946), who has a pseudonym of Nanfang Shuo (南方朔 Nán Fāngshuò), is a journalist, political commentator, and cultural critic. Today, he is the chief editor and writer of The Journalist magazine (《新新聞週刊》), with commentaries on current issues in major newspapers. His writings, including Western ideas analysis, social phenomena criticism, and literature comments, are all regarded as very influential. Crediting his intellectual contribution to the society, he is known as "the most industrious private scholar in Taiwan".

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