 By 2001, the Chinese government affirmed that more than half a million citizens in central China may have been infected by HIV due to the poor collection practices that Wang had exposed.The BBC and "The Guardian" have credited Wang with potentially saving tens of thousands of lives.In the month prior to her death, Wang was involved in the production of a play based on story of HIV epidemic in Zhoukou region and her whistleblowing, entitled "The King of Hell's Palace", that was to open at the Hampstead Theatre in London.