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Freelance journalist in Brooklyn. Averaging 10 unserious tweets to every serious one. Author of NIUBI! The Real Chinese You Were Never Taught in School.

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Freelance writer based in Brooklyn, NY. Focus on culture, tech, China, politics. Bylines in the BBC, RollingStone.com, Fast Company, the Daily Beast, Foreign Policy, the New York Times Chinese-language site, and the Sydney Morning Herald, among others. Formerly spent 5 years in Beijing. Author of "NIUBI! – The Real Chinese You Were Never Taught in School," a guide to Chinese slang.

What was your first job as a journalist?

Editor for "China International Business," a now-defunct English-language business magazine in Beijing.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

How is social media changing news?

Quick, one-off pieces written in half an hour are taken to be the same weight as huge, investigatory stories that take a year to report.