CURRENT MISSION

Explorating and internshipping in Brussels

ABOUT ME

My friends consider me very unusual for a Chinese girl, in that I'm very outspoken and individualistic. Somehow my values are more western than eastern, even though I've never lived outside of China before. But that'll change soon and I'm really looking forward to the experience of being in Europe for a month.

Currently I'm a university student from Beijing, and I'll be interning for the Green Union of the EU in Brussels in December.

PHILOSOPHY

Technocracy: information will set us free. I'm no Ray Kurzweil, but the progression of technology is going to bring even bigger and better changes yet.

Personally, I believe in living an active and ambitious life.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've only been to meetups before, but I'm hoping to get more involved.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

See above

Interests

Social media, blogging, journalism, startups, taobao (Chinese eBay, basically), documentaries, hotpot, cats

• cats
• documentaries
• technology
• blogging
• communications
• journalism

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, White Stripes, Of Montreal, Black Keys

Movies: City of God, y tu Mama Tambien, Crash (1996 Cronenberg), American Psycho

Books: Anything that can teach me something new, i.e. mostly non-fiction

I mostly read blogs and articles on social and economic issues. My favorite blogs are Silicon Hutong (Chinese start-up) and ChinaLawBlog.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Having grown up in China, it is amazing that I am not a super-nationalistic patriot, no?