Charles Wang () is a Chinese physician and lawyer. He is a leading figure in the merging of traditional Chinese and Western medicine in medical therapy. Wang studied Western

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at the

Shanghai Second Medical University The Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTUSM, ), formerly Shanghai Second Medical University, is a public medical school in Shanghai, China. Clinical medicine of SJTUSM is consistently ranked first among medical schools nationa ...

, graduating in 1986. Afterwards he entered the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, where he earned a master's degree in TCM in 1988. Having finished his studies, Wang's first few years as a medical practitioner were spent serving as a resident, and then as an

endocrinologist Endocrinology (from ''endocrine'' + '' -ology'') is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also concerned with the integration of developmental events ...

and a specialist of Chinese medicine at Shanghai's renowned

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. In 1995, Wang briefly left the medical field to study at the

University of New Hampshire School of Law The University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law is a public law school in Concord, New Hampshire, associated with the University of New Hampshire. It is the only law school in the state and was founded in 1973 by Robert H. Rines as ...

, where he earned an LL.M. Much of Wang's most important work is with foreign clientele and organizations, particularly those in Europe, where his expertise in medicine and law is highly regarded. As a lawyer, Wang served as co-chairman of the Asia-Europe "Workshop of Copyright Trading for Book Publishers" in 2000, and in 2002, he was tasked with carrying out enforcement programs at the provincial level in China as part of an EU-China project on

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protection. He has also been recognized by the

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district government in

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for his legal work representing foreign-owned firms such as the

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Pacific Group. One of the highlights of Wang's legal career was serving as the

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for

Beijing Olympic Broadcasting Beijing Olympic Broadcasting Co., Ltd (BOB) ( zh, c=北京奥林匹克转播有限公司, p=Běijīng àolínpǐkè zhuǎnbò yǒuxiàn gōngsī) was a Chinese broadcasting consortium which produced the main international feeds for the 2008 Summer ...

, a

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owned by the

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and which produced the main international feeds for the

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and the

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. As a medical expert, Wang served as a panelist for the Asia-Europe Foundation's programs for pandemic preparedness in 2012, and since 2013 he has served as the primary physician for the China operations of

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, the German airline. He has also been a guest professor at the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In 2000, Wang was named a "Personnalité d’Avenir" (Personality of the Future) by the

French Foreign Ministry The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs () is the ministry of the Government of France that handles France's foreign relations. Since 1855, its headquarters have been located at 37 Quai d'Orsay, close to the National Assembly. The term Qu ...

, and in 2015 he was featured in a

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special entitled "China-France: 50 Witnesses in 50 Years" — a program celebrating the 50th anniversary of China-France diplomatic relationship and which was jointly produced by the foreign ministries of both countries. The program also aired on France's

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. In 2012, Wang opened the WZW Medical Clinic, which has since become one of the top TCM clinics in Shanghai. A major driving factor in the clinic's success is Wang's unique herbal medicine products, which he calls "Dr. Wang's Formulae".

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