In this episode I interview Keoni Everington, an American now working in the media business in Taiwan. Listen to find out: - What got him interested in learning Chinese 20 years ago - What it was like learning Chinese in Ohio - How he benefited fromguanxi early on - What it was like moving from Ohio to Beijing in 1994 - How he overcame the difficult living conditions back then - All the different jobs he had along the way, and how he progressed through them - His secret to getting jobs that he may not be directly qualified for - The advantages and disadvantagesbetween working for Chinese companies versus western ones - What he wishes he had done differently career wise - What he recommends more foreigners do to expand their career paths - An alternate approach you could use to work at a specific company