 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1976, nokuratidzira kukuru kwavanhuZvichiitika muTiananmen Square pashure porufu rwaZhou Enlai, Wang akanyorera mutungamiriri wehurumende Hua Guofeng zvakare mukuedza kutsvaka kudzorerwa kwaDeng. Akapomerwa mhosva yokuva anoita zvinhu nenzira yokudzokera shure uye akavharirwa mujeri kwemwedzi 17. Muna February 1979, pashure pokunge Deng adzokera musimba, Wang akabvumirwa kudzokera kuBeijing, kwaakatora basa mune imwe imba yokuchengetera miriwo. Wang akapinda mu 1979 Democracy Wall Movement. Akanga achibatanidzwa murusununguko rwevadzidzi runotungamirirwa nedemokrasi muna 1989, paakaedza kupa vadzidzi zano pamusoro pechirongwa, uye kuyananisa pakati pavo nehurumende. Muna December 1998, akanyora tsamba yakavhurika kuvatungamiriri veChina, achiteterera kuti vaitire mutsa Xu Wenli, Wang Youcai naQin Yongmin, vakasungwa nokuda kwokusimbisa China Democracy Party. 