A graduate of Xi'an's prestigious Xidian University, Xiaodong worked as a Java developer in a number of different software companies in northwest China before joining EAB in 2007. He's well known for his love of eating Shaanxi province's famous 'Bread and Mutton Stew' (羊肉泡馍). His favourite eZ Publish project in the last couple of years is Silk Road Ecotours, an ecological tourism photoblog community website with a focus on northwest China and Central Asia.