by BI Yantao, China
Mr. YAN Xiaofeng (闫肖锋), born 1963 in Beijing, now works as Writer-at-large of New Weekly (《新周刊》）published in Guangdong Province in south China.
Educated at Qinghua University and Peking University, Yan Xiaofeng is particularly interested in globalization and cultural transmission. Trained by his supervisor Mr. FEI Xiaotong (费孝通), Mr. Yan is good at analyzing social tendencies.
Yan Xiaofeng once worked for China’s State Commission for Economic Reconstruction, Peking University, Guangzhou Academy of Social Sciences, Guangzhou Economic Development District Administration Committee of Guangzhou Municipal Government, and New Weekly Magazine. He is a long-standing consultant of Guangzhou Blue Cre Ad China, one of the top ten advertising companies in China.
As a writer at large, Mr. Yan has published countless articles, essays, translations. Among the books he wrote and edited, I am especially interested in Agenda Manufacture: Sociology of New Weekly and Crossover.
