Ding Xie has been a journalist in China since 2004. He has written for 21st Century Business Herald and Life Magazine and was deputy editor-in-chief of Esquire China. In 2015, he founded Noonstory, a media platform dedicated to nonfiction, and is the author of Trapped Outside (《困死局外》), a collection of nonfiction writing. Based in Chongqing, he works as an editor and freelance writer and serves as a culture consultant of the Chinese edition of The Face, while preparing to launch his own magazine.