I am Senior Managing Editor at Jing Daily, a New York-based media platform focusing on China luxury retail, lifestyle and digital consumption trends.To share tips and news: crystal@jingdaily.com --I am an experienced and versatile journalist who has spent over a decade covering Asia, with a focus on the intersection of emerging business trends and evolving socio-cultural movements. Some memorable instances include the time I infiltrated a K-pop training academy to report on the behind-the-scenes of the industry; navigating the -30 C streets of Ulaanbaatar to report on Mongolia’s burgeoning street style scene; and speaking to students and frontline workers during the 2019-2020 Hong Kong Protests. My writing has appeared in The Guardian, Women’s Wear Daily, South China Morning Post, Quartz, Monocle and other media.My book Honjok is a work of nonfiction that offers a look at South Korea’s burgeoning solo-lifestyle movement, as well as global iterations of this trend. The term "honjok" means tribe of one. Under Welbeck Publishing, which distributes through HarperCollins and other houses, international editions are currently available across the U.K., France, Canada, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Holland, Indonesia and Thailand; the China and Vietnam versions are now out.As a trend forecaster, I have worked with WGSN's Mindset consultancy where I provided intelligence on the future of lifestyle movements, new markets and areas of innovation. www.crystal-tai.com