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Overview

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  • Fluent in Chinese (Simplified), English
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2015
  • Cultural Ethnographer
  • Master in Anthropology
  • From Nanjing
  • Profile 75% complete

About Me

The world is big enough for all ways of living, and I endeavor to see the diversity of how a life could be lived and understood.

Me myself used to love to do a lot of stuff and try everything that is new. Yet with the passing of time, I realize that time is limited and I could only invest these time to a handful of things if I truly want to do them well.

By the age of 30, I have narrowed down my life interests into three things: martial art, guitar and motorbike road trip. I know they are enough to make me smile.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Knowing the stories of the local and sharing life stories

Interests

  • culture
  • literature
  • guitar
  • soccer
  • sociology

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have travelled around China by motorbike in 75 days.

I have saved a girl who tries to commit suicide.

I have backpacked and camped along the sea shore of Sweden for a month.

I have trained the in the elite Kungfu academy Shaolin for a month.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have spent my past few years doing research on the youth culture of China. I have met young immigrant workers trying to make a living in the big cities and spent days with them, and I also have entered the privileged lives of the second generation rich and rode race car with them.

I could tell you what's going on in China and what the youth are going through under the sweeping changes in the society. And I would love to know the stories of your country and the youth.

What I Can Share with Hosts

traveling anecdotes

stories of the making of modern China

the DNA of Chinese culture and philosophy of life

stories of the youth culture in China

sociology/ philosophy / literature

guitar

Shaolin kungfu basics/ forms

Countries I’ve Visited

Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Denmark, Norway, Sweden

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