Lured to this country by a sweet singing Siren, Richard first strolled through the gates in the easy days of 2002. He spent a couple of years dredging the bowels and closets of China Radio International. During that time he created a radio talk-show featuring Chinese students and white-collar workers and the significant social issues that concern them. He then moved over to China Today Magazine, where he put the radio show into print.

In the past year, he’s been doing a bit of marketing consulting (bring it on, Shen Congwen), and he’s continued a relatively successful freelancing career writing for both state-run and private publications.

But the biggest achievement of his life to date has been producing another life. Almost two years ago Richard had a baby girl who is already succeeding at putting her father to shame in terms of craziness.

E-Mail: richard@zhongnanhaiblog.com