Gabriel Li

Gabriel Li got her Master's degree in translation and interpretation at Beijing Foreign Studies University. She started her career as an interpreter, however later on discovered her major interest in writing. She is engaged in areas including AI, LGBT rights, feminism, gender equality, as well as other cultural and social issues, and never ceases to discover the stories that expose the intricacies and complexities of human nature. She has been recently indulged in writing about the deep-rooted similarities and differences between Chinese and western cultures. Apart from that, she is also a ferocious reader, Brit-Pop listener and diehard Marvel fan.

East or West: Where Do Real Dragons Live

Ever since the beginning of times, Chinese people have believed that they are the descendants of dragons. Just like the pop song by famous Chinese-American singer Leehom Wang goes, “in the ancient East there was a dragon; its name was Zhong Guo (China), In the ancient East there was a group of people; they were all descendants of the dragon.”