Brent came to China after studying Chinese and graduating from Michigan State University. He ended up founding and running ShenzhenParty.com and for the last 14 years he has built it into a pillar of expat life in Shenzhen. Last year over 600,000 people visited the site and through it they found apartments, jobs, language tutors […]

Audrey spent 1/3 of her life in China, 1/3 in the land of vampires, 1/3 in Manhattan and Sydney. She’s privileged with understanding of many cultural differences and similarities as a result of living on four continents. She believes humans are beautiful and amazing, and thus obtained a Master of Fine Arts degree in Graphic […]

Mike is an American social media & e-commerce specialist based out of Shenzhen. He came to China in late 2007 to source products for his e-commerce business. in 2012 he founded SocialAgent.me to help Western companies sell in the Chinese market through Social media. Late last year his startup was acquired by an app company […]

Rose moved to Shenzhen, China from New York City in 2009. She teaches Business English at Shenzhen Polytechnic College and runs Love, Shenzhen, a company that makes maps and runs tours and events in Shenzhen, along with a really cool website. In this episode, she shares with us how organically businesses can grow in China […]

Damon was born in Silicon Valley California, and graduated from California State University, Chico in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Shortly after that he ended up working in Japan for 6 years and to add another country to his repertoire, he later moved to Australia to manage a rainforest and beach […]

Aaron is Founder and General Manager of JING Digital, which designs and develops e-Commerce websites, web applications and most recently, and advanced social marketing WeChat platform. Originally from New Mexico, Aaron has been in Shanghai for 8 years and still maintains long-time client relationships in the U.S. He and his wife have been married for […]

Cherie is a wife, mother, coach, entrepreneur, teacher, pioneer, adventurer and woman of faith. Originally from California, she has spent 9 years living overseas in Thailand, Indonesia and China. Cherie has wonderful little boys age 2 and 4 and an awesome husband. They currently reside in Shenzhen, China, but also spent 1.5 years in Guangzhou. […]

When opportunity presented itself to trained midwife, Alison Nantz, she took a leap of faith. Alison has spent almost half of her life in Asia and actually met her husband, Josh, when they were kids growing up in Taiwan. They’ve been married and living in Shanghai for four years now. Ali works as a doula and lactation […]

Bob Fan and his family moved from Minnesota to Shanghai two years ago for their expat experience. During their time in Shanghai, Bob worked as a Marketing Director for Covidien’s Emerging Markets group, while Darcy lived the tai-tai life and kids Kiana and Eric attended Concordia International School. Their time in Shanghai was rich and […]