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Wing Wong

Wing Wong is a U1 student currently studying Political Science and Computer Science. Having spent his life in China, Hong Kong, and Canada, he is fascinated by East-Asian geo-politics, economic development of developing countries, and the relationship between developing and developed countries. Outside of MIR, Wing enjoys hanging out with friends and reading Wikipedia articles.

The Slow Death of China’s Dialects

Wing Wong Feb 21, 2019

While older generations continue to use dialects in their everyday life, many young people have never received any education in their parents’ native tongue and have lost the ability to speak their dialect with fluency. Should this trend…
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Expat or Immigrant? The West’s Double Standards

Wing Wong Jan 19, 2019

With the rise of right-wing populism in the West, the word "immigration" is often used with a heavily negative connotation. Many politicians in North America or Europe, such as Donald Trump or Marine Le Pen, like to generalize immigrants as…
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Renewed Uncertainty in Zimbabwe: A Year After Mugabe

Wing Wong Nov 22, 2018

On November 14, 2017, Robert Mugabe, the long-time dictator of Zimbabwe, was forced to resign from office following a military coup initiated by Emmerson Mnangagwa, Mugabe’s former vice-president who assumed power after the coup. This coup…
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China’s Quiet Experiment with Democracy

Wing Wong Oct 22, 2018

The People’s Republic of China, established in 1949 under the one-party rule of the Chinese Communist Party, is an authoritarian regime by all standards. There are no free elections at the national level, media freedom is severely…
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Japan’s Remarkable Modernization

Wing Wong May 16, 2018

Today, Japan is by all metrics a first world country: It is an advanced democracy with the world’s fourth largest economy, its citizens enjoy the world’s highest life expectancy, and it leads the world in industries such as steel,…
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Why China Should Open its Borders to the World

Wing Wong Mar 17, 2018

In recent history, China has seen considerable amounts of emigration. In 2012, there were more than 46 million Chinese living outside of China. However, with the rapid growth of its economy, the country has become an increasingly attractive…
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Why is Malaysia’s Chinese Population Leaving in Droves?

Wing Wong Feb 9, 2018

In 1957, ethnically Chinese Malaysians, comprising of Malaysian citizens who trace their ancestry back to China and recent Chinese immigrants who have become citizens, made up almost 38% of the country’s total population. Today, that number…
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