Wang Zhian

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Wang Zhian
王志安
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Born (1968-04-21) April 21, 1968 (age 56)
Tongguan, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
CitizenshipPeople's Republic of China
Alma materWuhan University
(Political science)
Peking University
(Department of History)
OccupationInvestigative journalist
Media personality
Years active1998–present
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LocationTokyo, Japan
Years active2022–present
GenreChinese affairs
Total views141,959,360
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Contents are inChinese
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg 100,000 subscribers 2022

Wang Zhian (Chinese: 王志安; born 21 April 1968), is a blacklisted investigative journalist from China. He has worked as a reporter and host for China Central Television (CCTV) and as a chief investigative reporter, media editor, and planner for The Beijing News.[1] Before his ban in 2019, Wang often weighed in on news and current events on his personal social media accounts in China.[2][3]

He moved to Tokyo, Japan in 2020 and in May 2022, began operating his YouTube channel named after himself.[4] Wang publishes video commentary mainly on Chinese politics and social issues and conducts interviews.[5][6]

Early life

Wang was born in Tongguan County in April 1968. He grew up in Shaanxi Province along with three other siblings.[7]

Education

Wang enrolled into the Faculty of Chemistry, Wuhan University in 1986 before transferring to the School of Political Science and graduating in 1991. After graduation, Wang worked briefly as a lecturer in the Inner Mongolia University of Technology in 1993 before taking a Master's degree in History at Peking University in 1996.[8]

Participation in the 1989 protest

In 1989, Wang participated in the democracy movement in China as a student protestor and spent 13 days protesting in Tiananmen square.[9] In Beijing, Wang acted as the student representative for Wuhan University where he attended meetings with other university representatives as well as giving public speeches on the street. Wang left Beijing and returned to Wuhan University on 31st May, 4 days before the Tiananmen massacre, where he continued to participate in rallies and protests. Fearing prosecution, Wang left Wuhan on the 9th of June for Inner Mongolia, before returning 2 months later in August to continue his studies.[10]

Career

CCTV

Wang started his investigative journalist career in 1998 in the Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.[11] Wang first worked as a producer, then commentator, before moving to the investigative division within CCTV in 2011. In CCTV, Wang worked on News Probe, a documentary television programme, where Wang and his team expose malpractice within the Chinese government such as corruption, illegal land grabs, cases of abuse in the healthcare system and other societal issues in their show.[12]

In 2015, a news story Wang investigated for months exposing malpractice in Beijing's ambulance dispatch system was axed by the Central Propaganda Department a few days before airing[13]. Infuriated, Wang stopped going to work in protest and resigned from CCTV a month later in December 2015.[14]

Beijing News

After leaving CCTV, Wang worked for The Beijing News in 2017 as an investigative journalist and video editor. He is also the host of Hard Talk with Wang (Chinese: 局面),[15] an interview show.[16] The show quickly gained popularity online in China, earning Wang the nickname "Wang Ju". The show was short-lived however as the production stopped in the same year.

On June 4, 2019, Wang was banned and blacklisted across China, with his social media accounts on Weibo, Wechat and Toutiao permanently terminated.[17] The authorities did not inform Wang the reasons for his ban.[18]

Youtube

Three years after his blanket ban across the Chinese internet, Wang returned to China in 2022 attempting to revive his career in investigative journalism within Mainland China. However, facing the even stricter and more repressive policies on journalism and freedom of speech in China after the COVID-19 pandemic, Wang gave up his plan to continue his career in Mainland China.[19] After returning to Japan, Wang started producing his commentary show Wang's News Talk (Chinese: 王局拍案) by himself out of an apartment in Tokyo. The first episode of his show was published on Youtube on May 2, 2022.[20]

Controversies

Allegation of defending a child abuser

In 2012, a series of pictures showing a teacher physically abusing a young boy under her care in a Zhejiang daycare centre emerges on the Chinese social media Weibo. The incident quickly gained traction online with Chinese netizens condemning the teacher's action and calling for her arrest and prosecution. Wang, who went to Zhejiang to investigate the incident, posted on his personal Weibo page "Don't just look at the pictures, pictures don't always reflect the truth" while claiming that he arrived at the conclusion after conducting interviews with police officers handling the case. Wang's statement received massive backlash on the platform, with some netizens calling him a child abuse apologist and others calling for him to be sacked from CCTV.[21] For the incident, Wang was faced with disciplinary actions by CCTV for publishing pieces of information he obtained from his investigation without permission. Wang was made to delete all his posts on Weibo about the incident and was handed a 3 months suspension from CCTV.[22]

References

  1. ↑ "中国网民提议火车站票应半价出售 - BBC中文网 - 两岸三地". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  2. ↑ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. ""魏则西事件"背后坑多大？ | DW | 04.05.2016". DW.COM. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  3. ↑ "中國遊客被逐事件：瑞典檢方解釋為何沒通知使館". BBC News 中文. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  4. ↑ "【独家】前央视记者王志安（下）：习继续执政 会把中国带回相对危险状况|观点". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  5. ↑ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. ""故宫开车"持续发酵 关键信息扑朔迷离 | DW | 18.01.2020". DW.COM. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  6. ↑ "【独家】王志安(上) 我对革命派改良派都没兴趣 我能做的是推动百姓觉醒 | 观点". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  7. ↑ "王志安_CCTV.com_中国中央电视台". 2018-07-06. Archived from the original on 2018-07-06. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  8. ↑ "东方时空". 2018-07-06. Archived from the original on 2018-07-06. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  9. ↑ The KK Show - 174 前中國央視調查記者 - 王志安, archived from the original on 2023-04-13, retrieved 2023-04-23
  10. ↑ 王局拍案|我的1989之七：回武大后6月7号在高自联会议上主张空校，决议通过后第二天被推翻(20220626)My story in 1989 (7), archived from the original on 2023-04-13, retrieved 2023-04-23
  11. ↑ Wecker, Katharina. "Wang Zhian: China's democratic voice". SWI swissinfo.ch. Archived from the original on 2023-02-13. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  12. ↑ "Famous Journalist Denies 'Malicious Slander' of Baidu - Caixin Global". www.caixinglobal.com. Archived from the original on 2022-12-24. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  13. ↑ "Fleeing Xi's China, Journalist Makes Fresh Start Abroad". VOA. Archived from the original on 2022-11-04. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  14. ↑ "业内|央视知名调查记者王志安将辞职，或与节目采访受挫有关 - 蓝媒汇". 2018-07-06. Archived from the original on 2018-07-06. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  15. ↑ "局面 - 搜狗百科". baike.sogou.com. Archived from the original on 2023-04-23. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  16. ↑ "为新闻而生，新京报"我们视频"欢迎竞争，欢迎王志安们_搜狐科技_搜狐网". Sohu. 2018-07-06. Archived from the original on 2018-07-06. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  17. ↑ "2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: China (Includes Hong Kong, Macau, and Tibet)". US Department of State. Archived from the original on March 7, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
  18. ↑ "日本にただいま潜伏中…国営放送CCTVの元編集委員「中国の池上彰」がぶちまける中国メディアの内情 | 文春オンライン". 2022-10-13. Archived from the original on 2022-10-13. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  19. ↑ 峰俊, 安田. "日本にただいま潜伏中…国営放送CCTVの元編集委員「中国の池上彰」がぶちまける中国メディアの内情". 文春オンライン. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  20. ↑ "Fleeing Xi's China, journalist makes fresh start abroad - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. 2022-10-22. Archived from the original on 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  21. ↑ "BBC中文網 - 兩岸三地 - 大家談中國：「幼師虐童」異見盡可言說". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  22. ↑ 《王局拍案》三十万粉丝达成全球直播：致所有反对我的人；, retrieved 2023-04-25

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