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Wang Mang's Usurpation of the Han
Wang Mang's Usurpation of the Han (王莽代汉) was the regent Wang Mang's peaceful takeover of the Han throne from the child ruler, founding the Xin dynasty.
Wang Manyu
Wang Manyu (王曼昱), born 1999 in Qiqihar, China, is a right-handed shakehand table tennis player, two-time Olympic women's team gold medalist (Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024), 2021 world singles champion, and World No. 1 in women's singles from September 2026.
Wang Meng (Mercurian crater)
Wang Meng is a 165-km-diameter peak-ring impact basin on Mercury at 8.53°N, 104.12°W, IAU-approved in 1976 and named for the Chinese painter Wang Meng (1308–1385); MESSENGER images show low-reflectance material on its peak ring and hollows along its northwest inner ring.
Wang Meng (王蒙) (speed skater)
Wang Meng (王濛), born 1985 in Qitaihe, China, is a retired short track speed skater with six Olympic medals (four gold), a defended 500 m title, and 18 world championship golds.
Wang Meng's administration of Former Qin
Wang Meng's administration of Former Qin (王猛治秦) was the reform program of chief minister Wang Meng under Fu Jian, building the state behind Former Qin's conquests from 370.
Wang Meng's deathbed warning against attacking Jin
Wang Meng's deathbed warning against attacking Jin (王猛遗言) was the 375 admonition of Former Qin chancellor Wang Meng urging Fu Jian not to attack Eastern Jin.
Wang Mian
Wang Mian (王冕, 1287–1359) was a Chinese painter, poet, and seal carver of the Yuan dynasty, regarded as a master of ink plum blossom painting.
Wang Ming
Wang Ming (王明, 919–991) was a Song dynasty civil official who served Emperors Taizu and Taizong as fiscal commissioner and naval commander in the conquests of Southern Han and Southern Tang.
Wang Mingjuan
Wang Mingjuan (王明娟), born 1985 in Jiangyong, Hunan, Chinese flyweight weightlifter; 2012 London Olympic gold at 48 kg with a 205 kg total, four-time world champion (2002, 2003, 2005, 2009), and multiple −48 kg world record holder.
Wang Minwen
Wang Minwen (王敏文, born 1963) is a Chinese businessman who chairs Hangzhou Lion Microelectronics, a semiconductor silicon wafer and chip maker listed in Shanghai since 2020.
Wang Nan
Wang Nan (王楠), born 1978 in Fushun, Liaoning, is a retired Chinese table tennis player who won four Olympic golds, 15 World Championship titles, and four World Cups.
Wang Niansun
Wang Niansun (王念孙, 1744–1832) was a Qing dynasty scholar-official from Gaoyou, Jiangsu, known for his textual criticism and for being first to impeach He Shen in 1799.
Wang Ning (businessman)
Wang Ning, born 1987, is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded Pop Mart in Beijing in 2010, the designer-toy company behind the blind-box characters Molly and Labubu.
Wang Noi power station
Wang Noi power station is a combined cycle gas-fired plant in Ayutthaya Province, Thailand, operated by EGAT, with 750 MW capacity after Block 3 closed in 2023.
Wang Pan
Wang Pan (王磐, c. 1470 to c. 1530) was a Ming dynasty sanqu poet, painter, and physician from Gaoyou, Jiangsu, known for the satirical song Chao Tianzi: On the Trumpet.
Wang Peng (internet entrepreneur)
Wang Peng (王鹏), also known as Peng Wang, is a Chinese internet entrepreneur who co-founded and co-led the community group-buying platform Shihuituan (Nice Tuan) until it shut down in 2022.
Wang Pengyun
Wang Pengyun (王鵬運, 1848 or 1849 – 1904) was a Qing dynasty ci poet and official from Lingui, Guangxi, remembered as the leading late-Qing ci master.
Wang Ping (Shu Han general)
Wang Ping (王平) was a Shu Han general of the Three Kingdoms period who defected from Cao Cao to Liu Bei in 219 and defended Hanzhong.
Wang Pinxian
Wang Pinxian (汪品先, born 1936) is a Chinese marine geologist and paleoceanographer at Tongji University who founded paleoceanography in China and proposed that low-latitude processes drive global climate change.
Wang Pla
Wang Pla (วังปลา) is Thailand's Department of Fisheries freshwater aquarium at Bang Sai, Ayutthaya, built in 1992 for Queen Sirikit's 60th birthday, with 1,400-ton and 600-ton tanks; distinct from temple fish pools and other Thai sites of the same name.
Wang Pu
Wang Pu (王溥, 922–982) was a Chinese chief councilor who served the last Later Zhou emperor and the first Song emperor, and compiled the Tang Huiyao and Wudai Huiyao.
Wang Pu's pitch-pipe standard (Lüzhun)
Wang Pu's pitch-pipe standard (Lüzhun) is a pitch standard and thirteen-string instrument devised by Later Zhou commissioner Wang Pu in 显德六年, becoming the basis of early Song ritual music.
Wang Qi
Wang Qi (王圻, 1530–1615) was a Chinese scholar-official of the Ming dynasty who served as a censor, resigned in 1586, and spent thirty years compiling the illustrated encyclopedia Sancai Tuhui.
Wang Qiang (王蔷) (tennis)
Wang Qiang (王蔷), Chinese tennis player born 1992 in Tianjin; former world No. 12, two-time WTA titlist (2018 Nanchang, Guangzhou), 2019 US Open quarterfinalist, and 2020 Australian Open conqueror of Serena Williams; retired from international play.
Wang Qianyi
Wang Qianyi (王芊懿), Chinese artistic swimmer born 1997 in Shenzhen, twin sister of Wang Liuyi; double Olympic champion at Paris 2024 in duet and team, Tokyo 2020 team silver, ten world titles.
Wang Qiaonian
Wang Qiaonian (汪乔年) was a Ming dynasty official from Zhejiang who became Supreme Commander of the Three Frontiers and died resisting Li Zicheng at Xiangcheng in 1642.
Wang Qinruo
Wang Qinruo (王欽若), courtesy name Dingguo, was a Song-dynasty statesman who twice served as chancellor under Emperors Zhenzong and Renzong, and set off the Heavenly Text omen campaign.
Wang Qishan (王岐山)
Wang Qishan (王岐山), born 1948, Chinese politician; CCDI secretary 2012–2017 leading Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign, Beijing mayor during the 2008 Olympics, and vice-president of China 2018–2023.
Wang Rong (Song dynasty military officer)
Wang Rong (王荣), 947 to 1016, was a Song dynasty military officer from Dingzhou who served Emperors Taizong and Zhenzong and was nicknamed "Wang Hard Bow."
Wang Rong (Tang dynasty Chengde Circuit warlord)
Wang Rong (王镕) was a Tang dynasty warlord of Uyghur descent who inherited rule of Chengde Circuit at age ten and was killed in a troop mutiny.