Monica Tan is a Beijing-based writer, originally from Sydney, Australia. Formerly she was an internet tabloid journalist but these days writes stories about China, travel and pop culture. She has been published in Persephone Magazine, Business Insider, Thought Catalog, New Matilda, ninemsn and the Sydney Morning Herald. When she finds the time she also collects Chinese slang, swear words and internet speak. Monica also, on occasion, hangs out on https://twitter.com/#!/kapookababy