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💻 Bilingual Creator

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🎓 Digital Communications Professional

A decade of expertise in journalism and corporate marketing/communications across the tourism, finance, sports, technology, and media sectors.

🌏 Async Digital Nomad

My digital nomad footprints

📚 Author & Translator

The Invisible Third Culture Adult
A Mosaic of Musings
Life Begins in a Foreign Land
你们不知道的新西兰
你们不知道的英国
人生十二法则2

🎤 Public Speaker & Stage Performer

My expertise has led me to speak at prestigious universities, influential business networks, and distinguished book clubs. Additionally, my passion for stage performance has enabled me to work as a commercial model and performer in various TV and advertisement projects.

🎧 Podcast Host

📜 FACTS

* Born in Jinan, Shandong Province, China* Awarded as a Merit Student (三好学生) throughout the primary school while practising drawing, singing, stage performance, and calligraphy* Published my first short story "The Ghost at the Attic" 《阁楼幽灵》in sixth grade* Created my first blog on MySpace* Took the National College Entrance Examination with more than 10 million students and been accepted by Shandong University of Finance and Economics and acted as a Head of Media at the university's Students Association* Obtained the Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and International Business in China* Moved to Auckland, New Zealand, and obtained a second Bachelor of Arts degree and Postgraduate Diploma in International Communications from Unitec* Started a career as a journalist at Skykiwi.com* Worked at Air New Zealand as a social media specialist and worked at Westpac New Zealand as a digital communications manager while living in New Zealand* Founded Y Media as a content marketing agency; created a podcast channel Chiwi Journal and a WeChat Blog 理想屯* Moved to London, England, published books, Chiwi Journal Vol.1 《你们不知道的新西兰》 and Chiwi Journal Vol.2 《你们不知道的英国》* Published my first English novel The Invisible Third Culture Adult during lockdown; launched A Paradise of Poems to read poems in English and Chinese* Remote working with clients from three continents while living in England, Latvia, US and Portugal as a digital nomad* Published a book A Mosaic of Musings: Collections of Poems, Proses, and Short Stories while living in Portugal* Explored plant medicines such as San Pedro and Ayahuasca while studying and practising Buddhism.* Selected as part of the inaugural cohort of students for Balaji's project Network School in Forest City* Published a book Life Begins in a Foreign Land: A Digital Nomad Journey of Finding Home Across Borders and Within while having a field study trip in China

On average, I read about 10 hours a week since I was five years old. Some weeks more, some weeks less.The authors of books become my virtual friends and mentors because I can always absorb their words and turn them into my knowledge.I read between 50-100 books every year and summarise the Top 10 books to my friends and family members.

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