Since it is too luxury to have an extra room in Beijing, I can only host people in a shared room. Also I hope we can use couchsurfing in a way of exchanging ideas stories and knowledge instead of merely finding a free accommodation. I am willing to join a drink or a walk —depends on what you are interested in and looking forward to know in Beijing.

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My name is Chi-ran. I work now as a freelance writer/columnist and I write a wide range of issues from international politics to social movements. I base in Beijing but travel several times a year. Before becoming a freelancer I worked as an editor on Chinese politics and was close to Chinese intelligentsia.

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The history of 20 century and people’s memory to it is one of my focus --revolution, modernity, socialism and communism. I was wondering why today's establishment is that hard to change and what in the past years had made an alternative choice that impossible.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Brought here by a friend, I really found this platform more than I expected! It is extremely helpful (with some magic) linking people those who shares similar questions of the world and those who are eager to share/exchange knowledges/experiences of their own society. I feel it home when meeting people in different places, walking around cities, talking about the society, politics,history and cultural phenomenons of theirs and my own. It shows a possibility for an "alternative" society online!

Interests

• culture
• literature
• architecture
• politics
• movies
• journalism
• sociology
• environmentalism
• political economy
• marxism
• traditional music

Music, Movies, and Books

books: (philosophy, politics, history, sociology, etc.) Joseph Conrad, Lu Hsün, Dostoevsky, Arundhati Roy, Leung Ping-kwan, Chinghiz Aitmatov and many others music: world music (classic Indian music, Middle Asian, Dutar, Muqaam,), Shostakovich, Chinese folk, Cantonese opera

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share with you what I know about China and the world.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'd like to share my knowledge of my society and I would like to understand your society also —politics, social dynamics, grass-root activism and history. Also I am an expert for Chinese food, especially in Cantonese style!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Poland, Russian Federation, Serbia, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Hong Kong, India