Background
Dr. C. P. Wang was born in Peking, China.
Dr. C. P. Wang was born in Peking, China.
Dr. C. P. Wang graduated from the Peking Methodist University in 1900.
In 1914 Dr. Wang went to America for graduate work and received the degree of M. A. in 1915 and that of Ph.D. in 1917.
After the graduation Dr. Wang was appointed by the Methodist Mission to be pastor at Ohien Wei Chen outside Shanhaikuan (Shanhaiguan). In 1901 he was transferred to Fu-Ning Hsien, Chihli province.
From 1902 to 1907 Dr. Wang was engaged in educational work at Shanhaikuan under the auspices of the Methodist Mission and was for a larger part of this period principal of the Middle School there. In the fall of 1907 he was called to Peking and given a professorship in the Methodist University. He served as dean of the Chinese Department while he was also teaching English.
Upon the return from America to China in 1917 Dr. Wang became Professor of Political History in the Methodist University. In the winter of 1919 he was invited by the Tianjin Y. M. C. A. to be its assistant general secretary and since 1922 he was general secretary of the Tianjiin Y. M. C. A. and for several years served on the committee of the Y. M. C. A. of China.