# Wang Zhi'an

> A Chinese investigative journalist who spent seventeen years at state television, then got scrubbed from the mainland internet entirely - and now runs a YouTube talk show from Tokyo.

*Chinese journalist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/wang-zhi-an

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Country:** China
- **Born:** 1968-04-21
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Wang Zhi'an worked as an investigative reporter at China Central Television from 1998 to 2015, then moved to The Beijing News as chief investigative reporter. In 2019, authorities banned him from the Chinese internet. He relocated to Japan in 2021 and pivoted to independent reporting. In May 2022, he launched Wang Ju Pai An, a YouTube talk show. Two years later, Taiwan barred him from entry for five years after he appeared on a television program while traveling on a tourist visa.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 72.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.9 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 6.0 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 80.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #45
- **Category rank:** #46
- **Total followers across platforms:** 2,020,000

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/wangzhian8848 (@wangzhian8848)
- **YOUTUBE**: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBKDRq35-L8xev4O7ZqBeLg (@@wangzhian, 2,020,000 followers)

## Sources
- [Wang Zhi'an](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Zhi'an)
- [王志安](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%8B%E5%BF%97%E5%AE%89)
- [Ван Чжиань](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A7%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C)
- [王志安 (记者)](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%8B%E5%BF%97%E5%AE%89_(%E8%AE%B0%E8%80%85))
- [Wikiquote](https://zh.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E7%8E%8B%E5%BF%97%E5%AE%89_(%E8%AE%B0%E8%80%85))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8464384)

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