[3][4][5] In 2004, the Chinese version of her book (Victim of the Cultural Revolution—An Investigative Account of Persecution, Imprisonment and Murder) was published in Hong Kong by Open Books (开放出版社), detailing stories of 659 victims of the Cultural Revolution, including that of Bian Zhongyun, the first education worker who was beaten to death by Red Guards during the "Red August" of Beijing in 1966.
[8] In 2023, the English version of Wang's book (Victims of the Cultural Revolution: Testimonies of China's Tragedy) was published by Oneworld Publications.
[1][2][3][8][10] Yu Ying-shih commented that "I find this book to have enormous historical value, and believe it will serve as a foundation for future historians carrying out research into the political, educational, and social history of this period.
In this book, Professor Wang takes a very important step in the direction of making her fellow Chinese confront their recent past.
"[2][10] Feng Chongyi commented on Wang's book that "by providing invaluable details about the violence of the Cultural Revolution, especially the atrocities committed on innocent victims, it fills a gap in our knowledge of what actually happened", but he also added that "a limitation of the book is that it does not document the biographical detail of many of the victims, and the data generated by the interviews are not always viable.