Jan Wong

Jan Wong
Born (1952-08-15) August 15, 1952 (age 72)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Education
Occupations
  • Academic
  • journalist
  • columnist
  • writer
Spouse
Norman Shulman
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(m. 1976)​
Children2
Websitejanwong.ca

Jan Wong (Chinese: 黃明珍; pinyin: Huáng Míngzhēn; born August 15, 1952[1]) is a Canadian academic, journalist, and writer. Wong worked for The Globe and Mail, serving as Beijing correspondent from 1988 to 1994, when she returned to write from Canada. She is the daughter of Montreal businessman Bill Wong, founder of Bill Wong's buffet in 1963, and earlier of the House of Wong which was the city's first Chinese restaurant to open outside Chinatown.[2]

  1. ^ "Life lessons". Chatelaine.com. 2010-09-27. Archived from the original on May 7, 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
  2. ^ "Bill Wong's announces last sitting". Montreal Gazette. December 15, 2006. Archived from the original on February 2, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2012.