Ola Wong Explained

Ola Wong
Birth Name:	Ola Rui-Lai Wong
Birth Date:	6 January 1977
Birth Place:	Borås, Sweden
Occupation:	Author, journalist, sinologist

Ola Rui-Lai Wong (; born 6 January 1977) is a Swedish author, journalist and sinologist.^[1]

Wong has worked for Svenska Dagbladet, as well as for other media outlets.^[2] Wong is of Chinese descent and previously served as a vice-chairman for the Shanghai Foreign Correspondents Club.^{[1] [2]}

Since 2019 Wong is editor for Kvartal.

Career

Since 2002, Wong has been active as a correspondent in China for approximately twelve years,^{[2] [3]} where he was based in Shanghai and Beijing.^[3] During his career, Wong has written and published several books and articles on subjects regarding China, such as politics, environment, foreign policy, culture and economics.^[2] He is also an expert commentator, who frequently appears in Swedish radio and television.^[2]

Personal life

Born to a Chinese father and a Swedish mother, Wong is married and resides in Hägersten, Stockholm.^[4]

Bibliography

• No, I'm from Borås (2004) – Ordfront
• När tusen eldar slickar himlen: Kinas väg till framtiden (2007) – Ordfront
• Sjukt billigt – Vem betalar priset för ditt extrapris? (2007) – Norstedts
• Blodröda kräftor. Jakten på Henry Wu (2010) – Lind & Co
• Pekingsyndromet – Kina, Makten, Pengarna (2014) – Ordfront^[5]

Honours

• 2001 – Föreningen Grävande Journalisters prize – "Grävling" of the Year^[6]
• 2004 – Environmental Journalist of the Year^[7]
• 2007 – Swedish Red Cross journalism prize (shared with Jörgen Huitfeldt and Thella Johnson).^[8]
• 2007 – Stora radiopriset Public service of the Year (shared with Jörgen Huitfeldt and Thella Johnson).^[9]
• 2011 – Guldspaden (shared with Jan Almgren and Jonas Fröberg for the investigation of Invest Sweden).^[10]

Notes and References

1. News: Caroline . Aronsson . Ola Wong sågar svensk järnväg . Sveriges Radio . 24 October 2014 . 10 January 2016 . Swedish.
2. Web site: Ola Wongs CV . Stockholm Business School . PDF . 9 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160125232028/http://www.sbs.su.se/Global/Alumni/Evenemangstexter/Mer%20info/Ola%20Wong_%20CV.pdf . 25 January 2016 . dead .
3. Web site: Ola Wong . Svenska Dagbladet . 9 January 2016 . Swedish.
4. Web site: Ola Wong . Ratsit . 9 January 2016 . Swedish.
5. Web site: Ola Wong – Pekingsyndromet. Björn Gunnarsson. 6 May 2014. 17 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20140908190240/http://www.gp.se/kulturnoje/recensioner/bocker/1.2362304-ola-wong-pekingsyndromet. 8 September 2014. dead.
6. Web site: Ola Wong . Ordfront . 9 January 2016 . Swedish.
7. News: Ola Wong . Journalisten . 2 December 2004 . 9 January 2016 . Swedish.
8. News: Kalibers reportage vann Röda Korsets pris! . Sveriges Radio . 8 May 2007 . 9 January 2016 . Swedish.
9. News: Linda . Fagerlind . Kaliber vinnare i Stora Radiopriset 2007 . Resumé . 8 November 2007 . 9 January 2016 . Swedish.
10. News: Peter . Zupanovic . Svenska Dagbladet fick guldspade . Sydsvenskan . 24 March 2012 . 9 January 2016 . Swedish.