About Us

Welcome to Goldthread

Hello and welcome! Goldthread is a culture publication focused on today's Asia and understanding it better through its food, people, and travel.

We’re a group of journalists and video producers who are on a mission to bring you good stories from Asia and beyond.

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Meet the team

Tiffany Y. Ip
Contributor
Tiffany Ip is a contributor at Goldthread. She is a master of five languages including Russian, Spanish and Mandarin. When she laughs, she can't stop.
Yoyo Chow
Senior Reporter
Yoyo Chow is a senior reporter at Goldthread. She was previously a video journalist at Reuters, covering daily news and producing feature stories during the 2019 protests and the pandemic. She was also a freelance social video producer with SCMP.
Jingyi Liu
Contributor
Jingyi Liu is a contributor at Goldthread who loves vlogging with her phone. She is originally of Hakka descent, and grew up immersed in Teoswa culture. She used to be an active Dota 2 gamer, and now spends all her time on YouTube, Bilibili, and Netflix.
Lyn Yang
Reporter
Lyn Yang is a reporter at Goldthread. She was previously a producer at China Daily.
Victoria Ho
Co-founder
Victoria co-founded Goldthread. She is fluent in Taobao and memes, and is never without a giant pot of tea on her table.
Victor Peña
video department director
Victor has the most computer monitors out of the entire team and he uses them at a master class level. When he isn’t arranging his monitors, he is mostly just kicking ass and taking names. In his free time, he enjoys drinking iced lemon tea and brushing his hair.
Dai Qian
Executive Producer
Daisy runs the Goldthread team. As a Shanghai native, she makes sure we get our Chinese interpretations right and never recommends a bad restaurant in her city.
Clarissa Wei
Contributor
Our nature girl and plant whisperer, Clarissa also functions as travel agent for the video guys on the team when they scope out new story locations in mainland China.
Jessica Novia
Contributor
Jessica is a Singaporean import who researches and produces videos about interesting people and places in China. In her spare time, she enjoys yoga and making salads.
Gavin Huang
Hanley Chu
Contributor
Camera-toting Hanley is always ready for a good candid shot of the team. He's also our resident hip-hop expert. His secret to life? Don’t use conditioner.
Nicholas Ko
Contributor
Is a camera. Gets emotionally attached to every story he shoots. Is Hanley’s biggest supporting actor.
Cassie Fei
Contributor
Cassie Fei is a reporter at Goldthread. She was previously a filmmaker, documentary producer, and motion animator.
Angie Hon
Angie is a reporter at Goldthread. She worked in the broadcasting industry of Hong Kong previously in Now TV and i-Cable News. She covered breaking news and feature programs about culture, finance and technology.