He is eager to carve out his own niche to promote democracy in China. If possible, he would love to meet golf star Tiger Woods and singer Michael Jackson, maybe even have a girlfriend. College is a top priority for the slim, boyish-looking Wang, who was a freshman at prestigious Beijing University when he became a student leader in the 1989 democracy movement. Wang's friends are also contacting Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Brown on his behalf. As a start, he said, China has much to learn from Western values respecting and honoring individual rights.
Chinese culture is rooted in patriarchy and authoritarianism.
Exactly how he plans to juggle his democracy work and academic studies, he is not sure. In addition, Wang has been pursued by the media, particularly from Hong Kong and Taiwan. Last Friday, he gave 20 interviews to Chinese-language publications and broadcast stations. Since his arrival in Manhattan last week, Wang has only seen the Statue of Liberty from a corner office in the Empire State Building, quarters of the New York-based Human Rights in China group, which is helping him get settled. Has a pointed lower jaw, relatively thin hair, cavities on his front teeth, and relatively thin physical features.