郎咸平 (Láng Xiánpíng) · Larry Hsien Ping Lang

Meanings

1 Larry Hsien Ping Lang
2 Taiwan-born economist and financial TV commentator

About Larry Lang

born 1956 · 学者 scholar

Taiwan-born finance professor who became a household name on the mainland in 2004 by accusing executives of buying state-owned firms on the cheap, and later as a blunt TV commentator on China's economy.

Characters

郎

láng

surname Lang; young man

Examples

HSK 6

郎咸平是知名的经济学教授和电视评论员。

Láng Xiánpíng shì zhīmíng de jīngjìxué jiàoshòu hé diànshì pínglùnyuán.

Larry Lang is a well-known economics professor and TV commentator.

HSK 7-9

郎咸平主持过《财经郎眼》等多档财经节目。

Láng Xiánpíng zhǔchí guo 《 Cáijīng Láng yǎn 》 děng duō dàng cáijīng jiémù.

Larry Lang has hosted several finance programs, including Lang Eye on Finance.

Tips

culture

He has a finance PhD from Wharton. His 2004 clash with 顾雏军, who had bought the state-owned appliance maker Kelon, became known as the 郎顾之争, 'Lang-Gu dispute'. Gu was arrested the next year.

mistakes

The 咸 in his name is not 'salty' but the classical 'all', as in 老少咸宜, 'suits young and old alike'. Simplification merged the two words; Taiwan still writes 'salty' as 鹹 and his name with 咸.