Yingjie Wang is a Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) candidate from China, concentrating on Global Politics and Security.

Yingjie Wang graduated with a Master’s in journalism from the University of Southern California in 2019. She then worked as a full-time journalist in America and China for about three years before returning to school, focusing on stories from underserved populations. She worked as an investigative journalist for NPR affiliate Southern California Public Radio during her time in the United States. Her main project there was about illegal boarding housing in L.A.'s San Gabriel Valley's Chinese community. She told stories about Chinese immigrants who were living in overcrowded, filthy, and potentially lethal conditions. The majority of them are undocumented workers who were afraid to speak out about deplorable conditions in their housing.

She returned to China in 2020 and worked as a researcher and news assistant for the Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant. She covered political developments in China, such as changes to the family planning policy and efforts to combat climate change. She also contributed to the newsroom’s coverage of social problems, including the forced labor of ethnic minorities and the destruction of mosques in Xinjiang, and safety concerns about the Chinese coronavirus vaccines, Sinovax and Sinopharm.

After leaving de Volkskrant, she worked as a people and culture reporter for the South China Morning Post, where she covers China's policies, culture, and society.

She hopes to focus her studies at Georgetown on macro-level developments in international society, as well as on the decision-making logic underlying the United States and China's international and domestic policies, and how their relationship transforms democratic governance and freedom of expression around the world.

"I chose MSFS because its outstanding quality and expert faculty are world-renowned and highly regarded in the field of international affairs study. Its mission is to inculcate in students not only knowledge and professional practice abilities but also a sense of leadership and social commitment."