Born in the county of Kaiping in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, as a young man he moved to Melbourne, Australia, where his family had business interests.

[1] His father had business interests in Australia, including a gold mine in Ballarat, and spent extended periods of time away while Wong and his siblings remained in Guangdong with their mother.

[2] Wong took a job as a compositor with the Chinese Times newspaper before joining its editorial staff and becoming editor of the paper in 1914.

[2] The Chinese diaspora community played an important role in raising funds and support for the Kuomintang during this period.

The novel is set in Guangdong, Melbourne, and the goldfields during the Victorian gold rushes and includes commentary on Chinese and Australian society, the White Australia policy, women's rights, marriage, and other social issues.

He was appointed by Sun Yatsen to the party’s Central Propaganda Committee and became involved with the Hong Kong Morning Post.

In 1921, he secured permission from Sun Yatsen to waive membership fees for female members of the Australian branches of the Kuomintang, and to allow women to join party committees.