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What is singularly remarkable about Wang is that he’s managed to serve in this role of court philosopher to not just one, but all three of the [[PRC]]'s previous top leaders, including as the pen behind Jiang Zemin’s signature “Three Represents” policy and [[Hu Jintao]]’s “Harmonious Society.”  In the brutally cutthroat world of CCP factional politics, this is an unprecedented feat. Wang was recruited into the party by Jiang’s “Shanghai Gang,”<ref>https://www.asiasentinel.com/p/shanghai-gang-seeks-xi-jinping-ouster</ref> a rival faction that [[Xi Jinping]] worked to ruthlessly purge after coming to power in 2012

What is singularly remarkable about Wang is that he’s managed to serve in this role of court philosopher to not just one, but all three of the [[PRC]]'s previous top leaders, including as the pen behind Jiang Zemin’s signature “Three Represents” policy and [[Hu Jintao]]’s “Harmonious Society.”  In the brutally cutthroat world of CCP factional politics, this is an unprecedented feat. Wang was recruited into the party by Jiang’s “Shanghai Gang,”<ref>https://www.asiasentinel.com/p/shanghai-gang-seeks-xi-jinping-ouster</ref> a rival faction that [[Xi Jinping]] worked to ruthlessly purge after coming to power in 2012

A member of the CCP’s seven-man [[Politburo Standing Committee]] (No. 5), he is the party’s top ideological theorist, quietly credited as being the “ideas man” behind each of Xi’s signature political concepts, including the “China Dream,” the anti-corruption campaign, the [[Belt and Road Initiative]], a more assertive [[foreign policy]], and even “Xi Jinping Thought.”

A member of the CCP’s seven-man [[Politburo Standing Committee]] (No. 5), he is the party’s top ideological theorist, quietly credited as being the “ideas man” behind each of Xi’s signature political concepts, including the “China Dream,” the anti-corruption campaign, the [[Belt and Road Initiative]], a more assertive [[foreign policy]], and even “[[Xi Jinping Thought]].”

in 1988, Wang won a coveted scholarship (facilitated by the American Political Science Association) to spend six months in the [[United States]] as a visiting scholar. Wang recorded his observations in a memoir that would become his most famous work: the 1991 book ''America Against America''. In it, he marvels at [[homeless]] encampments in the streets of [[Washington DC]], out-of-control drug crime in poor black neighborhoods in [[New York City]] and [[San Francisco]], and corporations that seemed to have fused themselves to and taken over responsibilities of government. As the [[2020 Marxist insurrection]] roiled American politics, Chinese people began turning to Wang’s ''America Against America'' for answers. And when a mob stormed the [[2021 Capitol protests|U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021]], the book flew off the shelves. Out-of-print copies began selling for as much as $2,500 on Chinese e-commerce sites.<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-13/a-2-500-book-on-u-s-decline-is-suddenly-a-must-read-in-china</ref>

in 1988, Wang won a coveted scholarship (facilitated by the American Political Science Association) to spend six months in the [[United States]] as a visiting scholar. Wang recorded his observations in a memoir that would become his most famous work: the 1991 book ''America Against America''. In it, he marvels at [[homeless]] encampments in the streets of [[Washington DC]], out-of-control drug crime in poor black neighborhoods in [[New York City]] and [[San Francisco]], and corporations that seemed to have fused themselves to and taken over responsibilities of government. As the [[2020 Marxist insurrection]] roiled American politics, Chinese people began turning to Wang’s ''America Against America'' for answers. And when a mob stormed the [[2021 Capitol protests|U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021]], the book flew off the shelves. Out-of-print copies began selling for as much as $2,500 on Chinese e-commerce sites.<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-13/a-2-500-book-on-u-s-decline-is-suddenly-a-must-read-in-china</ref>