I'm a traveling author and journalist who has been moving about the world since 1999. The videos on this channel are mostly of the people that I meet, the stories that I cover, and the topics that I research. Books: Ghost Cities of China, On the New Silk Road. Bylines: Forbes, South China Morning Post, Citiscope, Reuters, The Diplomat.

I have been featured on VICE, Forbes.com, NPR Morning Edition, The Guardian, BBC World documentaries (Storyville series), BBC World News, CNBC Squawk Box, CBC The Current, China 24 (CCTV), the New Statesman, the South China Morning Post, the China Daily ...