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Wang Bingzhang was born on December 30, 1947,<ref>{{cite web |title=Wang Bingzhang et al. v. China, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention |url=http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/wgad/10-2003.html |publisher=University of Minnesota Human Rights Library |date=May 9, 2003}}</ref> in [[Shijiazhuang]], [[Hebei]], China. He graduated from [[Beijing Medical University]] and served as a doctor for eight years. In 1979, he was sponsored by the Chinese government to study abroad in [[McGill University]], Canada where he obtained his Ph.D. degree in [[pathology]] in 1982.<ref name=autogenerated2>[http://www.wangbingzhang.us/about/article0005_en.htm An Introduction Of Dr. Wangbingzhang<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Wang Bingzhang is the first citizen of the [[People's Republic of China]] to get a doctorate degree in North America.
 
In 1982, Wang established ''China Spring'', the first pro-democracy Chinese magazine overseas. The next year, he launched the "Union of Chinese Democracy Movement", Alliance for Democratic China ({{lang|zh|中国民主团结联盟}} (translated variously as "Alliance for Democratic China"/"China Alliance for Democracy"/"Union of Chinese Democracy Movement"), publicly denouncing the [[one-party rule]] in China. He later traveled back to China and co-founded two [[opposition parties]], the Chinese Freedom Democracy Party and Chinese Democracy Justice Party in 1989 and 1998, respectively. The latter led to his arrest in China. He was expelled from the country, but was not sentenced.<ref name=autogenerated2 />
In early 2002, Wang was in [[Thailand]] where [[Royal Thai Police]] investigated him at the request of the [[Communist Party of China]]. Finding no evidence against him and fearing for his safety, Dr. Wang was urged to leave the country.