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.
[3] Wang Bingzhang is the first citizen of the People's Republic of China to get a doctorate degree in North America.
This was due, according to Wang, to a new prison warden who served much lower food quality, harsher physical abuse and intense political study sessions.
[5] Various international organizations, including the United Nations, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Worldrights, and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights have voiced their opposition to Dr. Wang's imprisonment, saying China is arbitrarily detaining him.
[6] The United States and Canadian legislatures have both passed legislative bills in support of Wang and in denunciation of the CCP's actions.