Ola Rui-Lai Wong (; born 6 January 1977) is a Swedish author, journalist and
sinologist.
Wong has worked for ''
Svenska Dagbladet'', as well as for other media outlets.
Wong is of Chinese descent and previously served as a vice-chairman for the
Shanghai Foreign Correspondents Club.
Since 2019 Wong is editor for ''
Kvartal''.
Career
Since 2002, Wong has been active as a correspondent in
China for approximately twelve years,
where he was based in
Shanghai
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and
Beijing
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.
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.
He is also an expert commentator, who frequently appears in Swedish radio and television.
Personal life
Born to a
Chinese
Chinese can refer to:
* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...
father and a Swedish mother, Wong is married and resides in
Hägersten, Stockholm.
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
Honours
*2001 – Föreningen Grävande Journalisters prize – "Grävling" of the Year
*2004 – Environmental Journalist of the Year
*2007 – Swedish Red Cross journalism prize (shared with Jörgen Huitfeldt and Thella Johnson).
*2007 – Stora radiopriset
Public service
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of the Year (shared with Jörgen Huitfeldt and Thella Johnson).
*2011 –
Guldspaden Guldspaden is an annual Swedish journalism award for investigative journalism.
Dating from 1991, it is awarded by the non-profit organization Föreningen Grävande Journalister (Swedish Association of Investigative Journalism which is part of ...
(shared with Jan Almgren and Jonas Fröberg for the investigation of
Invest Sweden
Invest Sweden ( sv, Myndigheten för utländska investeringar i Sverige), a.k.a. Invest in Sweden Agency ( sv, Delegationen för Utländska Investeringar i Sverige) 1995–2010, was a Swedish government agency organised under the Minister for For ...
).
References
External links
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1977 births
Living people
People from Borås
Swedish-language writers
Swedish journalists
Swedish sinologists
Swedish people of Chinese descent