Wang Hsing-ching
[2] His writings, including Western ideas analysis, social phenomena criticism, and literature comments, are all regarded as very influential.
During that period, Wang abandoned his overseas study plan and stayed in Taiwan, starting his career.
Although he never received technical university training in journalism, he has more than twenty years of experience in the mass media as a news commentator.
His early works are based on the themes of describing and criticizing cultures and politics, e.g. Diguo zhuyi yu Taiwan duli yundong (帝國主義與臺灣獨立運動).
He suggested that the two shores of the Strait should make positive interactions in order to solve the rational problems.
Not long after President Chen Shuibien gave the speech of "One State on Each Side", he wrote critics on it, which was exactly to the point, "democracy in Taiwan is already moving towards a new and populist type of soft politics of terror".
At societal level, he emphasized that not only does the mass media deliver information to the public, but it also affects the social structure and the political environment.
With his literature commentaries in Magical Eyes (魔幻之眼), Nanfang Shuo attempts to give his readers a brief overview on his recommended books to help them choose readings.
In another interview from Central News Agency (news.pchome.com.tw/life/can/20030408/index-20030408165736010244.html inactive as of 2008-05-07) in Taiwan, Wang pointed out that readers are not encouraged to spend too much time on books which are too difficult to be digested or too easy to read.
Having this understanding, Wang likes to use poems to interpret international politics and the economic phenomenon in recent years.
Some of the inspirations of Wang stems from the Chinese classic literature, novels, and prose, while some of them comes from news reports.
In fact, his motivation and his way to learn about the origins of vocabulary is very applicable to the elements of journalism: both fields require accurate information, and verification by different reliable sources.
