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Harbingers’ Magazine is a weekly online current affairs magazine written and edited by teenagers worldwide.

harbinger | noun

har·​bin·​ger | \ˈhär-bən-jər\

1. one that initiates a major change: a person or thing that originates or helps open up a new activity, method, or technology; pioneer.

2. something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come.

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Zirong Xu

Zirong Xu

  • The Harbinger Prize 2024 (Society)
  • Writer
  • Shanghai, China

Zirong, born in 2009, plans to become the ‘Renaissance Man’ through learning, reading, researching and writing. He won the Society category of the Harbinger Prize 2024 and plans to write for Culture, Society, and cover current affairs in the Asia-Pacific region.

After successfully completing the Essential Journalism course, Zirong became a writer for Harbingers’ Magazine starting in March 2025.

In his free time, Zirong enjoys historiography, reading, writing, and plays Chinese music in orchestra and ensemble.

Zirong speaks English, Mandarin, Shanghainese and Cantonese.

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