He writes trenchant op-ed commentaries on subjects that embody his life experiences as an ethnic Chinese overseas in the Chinese Diaspora. He has lived in the Philippines, Canada, and the United States, and has traveled extensively around the world. He is especially interested in the overseas Chinatowns in countries scattered from Southeast Asia, Australasia, North America, Europe, Latin America, and Africa.His life passion is to visit all the Chinatowns around the world spread out in over 135 countries around the globe.