Born near Hangzhou in Zhejiang province,[1] he joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), then an illegal organization, in 1925.
On his return to China, Wang worked for the CCP and became a leading member of the Trotskyist October Group,[2] and then the Chinese Left Opposition.
[citation needed] That year, he was sent to Hong Kong to act as an international link for the group, but was soon exiled to Macau.
[citation needed] He wrote extensively and remained an influential figure, aligned with the United Secretariat of the Fourth International.
[citation needed] In 1975, he was forced to move again, and he emigrated to Leeds, England, where he died on December 30, 2002.