Ryan came to China in the wee morning of 2005 as a way to get to Australia. He assumes there's still a visa waiting for him at the Sydney airport. Lost Laowai and The Hao Hao Report are his brain children. He apologizes if they've caused you any harm.

The Newfie-in-the-know, the Pandasteak himself... From the rocky cold shores of Eastern Canada to the rocky cold shores of Dalian - Rick brings some small-town wit and insight to the Lost Laowai blog. He can now be found in Japan where he begins every sentence with "When I was in China..."

Steven has recently embraced the cathartic nature of blogging and twittering in place of talking to himself on public transport, religion, and daydreaming. Who said technology was unhealthy?

Based in the city of eternal spring, Kunming, Matt works as an analyst at a consulting company and pursues freelance journalism in his spare time. He has lived in China since 2004 and has also taught English and studied Chinese. In addition to his work Matt enjoys cycling, traveling, reading good books and developing his expertise of fine Yunnan cuisine.

In August 2008, Glen fell asleep in Toronto, and woke up in Suzhou. Since then he has been working at an international school, and is frequently described as a "real teacher", but is unsure as to what that exactly means.

Ericka woke up in a Xi'an hotel room one day dazed and confused. After a series of inexplicable events, she found herself speaking in strange tongues and married to one of the locals. Currently, she spends her time in Qingdao translating or teaching and trying to avoid assimilation into the Chinese masses.

Jalal moved from the UK to China's Henan Province in 2005, determined not to return until he had made his mother proud. To date he has gambled and lost at the Mah Jong tables of Hunan, washed down sheeps eye kebabs with fiery baijiu, and wrastled the young men of Henan until he could wrastle no more.

Nate is an arrangement of atoms that form cells and call themselves Nate. He used to live on a rock in the middle of the ocean that is famous for pineapples and expensive hotels, then he moved to a truck stop in the middle of California to get an education. Finally, he decided that he's spent enough time in far out places and he was going spend the remainder of his life in the most populated country in the world!... (or at least a couple years)

Katie (finally) finished her undergraduate degree in education and decided to take on her biggest challenge ever - teaching teenagers in a foreign country who don't speak her language! She's been in China since August of '09, and is currently teaching in a small town in Hunan and enjoying spicy food at every meal.

Originally hailing from the great state of West-By-God-Virginia, Jarrod has resided in Shenyang since February '08. He is the curator of China in 12 Frames. When he's not taking pictures with poorly made cameras, he enjoys heavy metal, girly pop music, pretending to be interested in Major League Baseball, and tweeting about how Shenyang smells.

A med school dropout turned migrant worker and master of allusions, this foreign monkey journeyed so far west he found himself in the Far East where he seeks his fortune, the great American novel, and other expat writers. He currently suffers from dromomania for which the elusive remedy lies somewhere west of his current location. Scribbling provides temporary relief for his condition.

Fink is recent graduate from the States who drunkenly stumbled over to Shanghai, lost as to what to do with his life. Since arriving, he's found that no matter where he bargains he manages to get the "friend" price, and that clothing is not optional. Not that it was in the U.S., but he had his hopes up. He is also single. ::wink wink::