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- Jan Wong (Chinese: 黃明珍; pinyin: Huáng Míngzhēn; born August 15, 1952) is a Canadian academic, journalist, and writer. Wong worked for The Globe and Mail, serving as Beijing correspondent from 1988 to 1994, when she returned to write from Canada.
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Jan Wong (Chinese: 黃明珍; pinyin: Huáng Míngzhēn; born August 15, 1952 [1]) is a Canadian academic, journalist, and writer. Wong worked for The Globe and Mail, serving as Beijing correspondent from 1988 to 1994, when she returned to write from Canada.
Jan Wong is a third-generation Canadian who grew up in Montreal speaking English, some French and zero Chinese. In the summer of 1972, while majoring in Asian studies at McGill University, she traveled alone to the People's Republic of China.
May 16, 2021 · Alone at home during the pandemic, writer Jan Wong shares why she can’t stop watching Korean Netflix, and what it taught her about being "Asian" in Canada.
Jan 1, 2007 · Jan Wong was the much-acclaimed Beijing correspondent for The Globe and Mail from 1988 to 1994. She is a graduate of McGill University, Beijing University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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A third generation Chinese-Canadian, Jan Wong was a fervent Maoist when she first went to China in 1972 but soon became disillusioned with the Cultural Revolution.
Jun 4, 2019 · The former Globe and Mail Beijing correspondent is referring to the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre she witnessed 30 years ago today. What started as an idealistic student movement ended...
May 17, 2023 · Jan Wong is a third-generation Canadian who traveled alone to China in 1972 to study at Peking University, while majoring in Asian studies at McGill University. She talks about this time of her life in her memoir, Red China Blues, My Long March from Mao to Now.
