Wang was born in
Xiamen,
Fujian,
China, in 1938 and emigrated to the
United States in 1957 at the age of 19. He received a master's degree in
Near Eastern studies from the
University of Chicago. However, as a response to the
Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, Wang switched his interests to
Asian American studies. During the 1980s and 1990s, Wang was influential in the field of
Asian American studies. In response to the
Wen Ho Lee spying allegations, Wang and an Asian American academic organization instituted a boycott of the two labs run by the
University of California, in
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and
Los Alamos National Laboratory in
New Mexico. He also helped organize a
class-action lawsuit against the labs in response to
racial profiling allegations. Wang led a movement that exposed the involvement of the
Taiwan government's role in the murder of
Henry Liu in
Daly City, California by
Bamboo Union agents. == Analysis ==