Hi I’m Lin! Moved to Beijing from Shanghai in mid 2020. Hope your message or profile contains enough information for me know have a general idea of you. And please read through my profile before you send a message or a request to stay with me.

ABOUT ME
Love, joy and curiosity about this world! Open-minded, curious with a deep passion for nature and different cultures. Human beings are the aggregate of relations, with people, other species and the world. Meeting people who are passionate about something and making efforts to make it happen is always a wonderful experience.

I’m now working in Beijing in a big U.S. tech company. My daily work involves talking with tech startup founders, venture capitals, incubators and accelerators. It’s always exciting.

Former journalist: Interviewed Henry Kissinger, Ray Dalio, and Jim Rogers and many more random but more fun entrepreneurs.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

At end of 2018 I travelled in Thailand Malaysia for a month and Couch-surfed the whole way through. The joy of feeling welcomed by and connected with people you’ve never met in a strange land was just amazing!

Interests

Care about social impact, esp. sustainability. Run a community of 200+ ppl that organize swap events where people bring things they no longer need and swap with each other.

Dance salsa almost every week. Started in 2019 and it’s one of the best decisions I’ve ever made!

Love nature and documentaries, especially BBC ones. Favorites: Animals are Beautiful People; Baraka; Winged Migration.

Love cats and dogs! Volunteered for a stray-animal drop-in centre to help those poor little ones find new homes.

Like sports and outdoor activities. Two half-marathons and a 50km walkathon.

• animals
• cats
• dogs
• cooking
• running
• reading
• nature
• travell
• meeting interesting people

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES
Definitely not horror movies… really like works of Miyazaki Hayao; Léon, Hatchi, The Legend of 1900, Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, Lost in Translation…

BOOKS
Work, Consumerism and the New Poor (by Zygmunt Bauman); They Tyranny of Merit, Justice (by Michael Sandel); Educated, a Memoir by Tara Westover. Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan; When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbing for 11.5 hours non-stop from dawn to dusk up to almost the top of Mount. E'mei in Sichuan and then got up at 4am to continue to climb for one of the most splendid sunrises I've ever seen.

Teach, Learn, Share

1)The startup scene in China if you interested 2) salsa 💃 on2 3) cooking Chinese food
Things you can teach me:1) your local culture 2) Salsa and bachata or other type of dances 3) Meditation or yoga, self awareness.

Please include the word “salsa” in your request so I know you’ve read my profile.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China