Wang Youqin (Chinese: 王友琴; born 1952) is a scholar specializing in East Asian studies and is currently a professor at the University of Chicago.
[1][2][3] Professor Wang is notable for her research on the Chinese Cultural Revolution, especially the Red August of Beijing.
[3] After graduating from the Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University, she was among the "educated youths" who were "sent down" to Yunnan Province during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
[3] In 1979, she attended Peking University after the National College Entrance Examination was resumed in 1977 and ranked first in China.
[3][7] In 1988, she obtained her PhD in Literature from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and then left for the United States.