Born in Tainan County, Wang began his writing career in the 1980s, during the Taiwanese literature movement.
He worked closely with director Ho Ping, and eventually five of Wang's short stories became films.
[3][4] During the 2004 legislative elections, it was speculated that Wang would run as a Taiwan Solidarity Union candidate, but such a campaign never materialized.
[6] Wang began hosting a new program, Taiwan Advancement, in August 2004,[7] which premiered at 8 pm on Chinese Television System, a prime time slot usually reserved for Taiwanese dramas.
[15][16] Wang died at the age of 63 in 2017, due to complications of bone marrow and intestinal cancer, at National Cheng Kung University Hospital in Tainan.