Background
Mr. Wang was born in Peking, China on July 6, 1879.
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Mr. Wang was born in Peking, China on July 6, 1879.
Chih-ping Wang received his early education in mission schools and was graduated from Peking Academy in 1900. Then he studied at Syracuse University in 1914 and received his Master of Arts degree in 1915 and Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1917.
After his return to China, he taught at Peking University for two years.
Chih-ping Wang was a pastor of Asbury Church, leading Methodist Church in North China in 1926. In addition to this work he was during 1928-29 district superintendent of the Peking district and a member of various education boards and committees.
He was a delegate from the North China Conference to the Methodist General Conference at Kansas City, Missouri, USA in 1928 was married in 1900 to Dorothy Howe and has two sons and two daughters.
Mr. Wang was also elected Bishop of the Methodist Church at the East Asia Central Conference on February 24, 1930 being the first Chinese ever to attain this distinction. He was appointed to the Peiping Area and placed in charge for four conferences the Chengtu and Chungking of West China, the North China and the Shantung.
