Eveline Chao is a freelance writer and editor based in Brooklyn, New York. Her writing has appeared in the Daily Beast, Foreign Policy, the Sydney Morning Herald, Vice/Motherboard, and the BBC, among others. She previously lived in Beijing, China for five years, where she managed an English-language business magazine and wrote a filthy book about Chinese slang called NIUBI! - The Real Chinese You Were Never Taught in School (Plume 2009). She is currently an Open City Creative Nonfiction and Reporting Fellow covering Manhattan Chinatown for the Asian American Writers' Workshop. Eveline grew up on the Eastern Shore of Maryland (Groove City!) and holds a degree in English and Creative Writing from Princeton University. Visit her website at evelinechao.com