- Has two sons, Ben (b. 1991) and Sam (b. 1994).
- Known for her now defunct Globe & Mail column "Lunch with Jan Wong" in which she often ridiculed her celebrity guests.
- She was an exchange student in Maoist China in early 1970s. Her extreme left-wing political beliefs at that time led to her becoming a member of the Chinese Communist Party. She later detailed her experiences in a book "Red China Blues" (1996).
- Was Canada's Globe & Mail's correspondent in China from 1988-1994.
- Witnessed the Tiananment Square Massacre in June 1989.
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