Recently, the 2026 Fields Medal winners were announced, with Chinese mathematician Wang Hong receiving the award for her groundbreaking contributions to partial differential equations and geometric measure theory, making her the first Chinese female mathematician to win the honor. Subsequently, Guangxi Daily published a lengthy feature article titled “Wang’s Conjecture” on its front page, which traced Wang’s academic journey, research milestones, and the origin and significance of the “Wang’s Conjecture” that has drawn global attention. The piece, written with vivid narrative and genuine emotion, quickly went viral on social platforms such as WeChat and Weibo.
As the feature spread online, the print edition of Guangxi Daily for that day sold out at newsstands across the country. The newspaper, originally priced at 1.35 yuan, was resold on second-hand platforms like Xianyu for as high as 65 yuan per copy, with multiple buyers still seeking it, prompting netizens to liken the scene to a modern-day “paper becoming expensive in Luoyang” – a Chinese idiom for a surge in demand for a publication. In response, the editorial office of Guangxi Daily stated that it had urgently arranged to reprint tens of thousands of extra copies and simultaneously released a free digital version of the feature to meet public demand.
