Soroush Torkian-Valashani
Met 2024-11-28 12:00 at Shenzhen Marriott Nanshan, Shenzhen, China.Age 32. From Iran, moved to Toronto Canada at age 8. Then in 2016 (age 24) moved to Suzhou for a teaching job, met his girlfriend right away, stayed there for years then moved to Shenzhen in 2022.
We talked over dim sum about life, culture, changes over time. He said there are always little public-service ads on trains reminding people to behave considerately and maybe those had an effect. But maybe in tier-3 cities, nothing's changed.
And he told me Ali Abdaal is living in Hong Kong, which I didn't know, so we called him on the spot and made plans to meet this afternoon.