"My theory is that because China is a close friend, we never invested to study China somehow... For us, China was a brother. So this feeling that we need to develop an expertise and understanding each other, I think it came a bit late but now it is there."
David Moser loves China because it provides something he can't live without: boundless intellectual stimulation.
His stories of growth are both intriguing and enlightening: intriguing, because every time an opportunity came his way his initial reaction was to turn it down; and enlightening, because with every opportunity he grew and thrived and was able to serve the growing needs of his country.
When I asked him how he came to settle down permanently in Beijing, he said with a sly smile that it was because he was still keen to pursue new and different things.
Wenzhang caught our attention because of his involvement in writing last year's State of the World's Volunteerism Report (SWVR), which for the first time included two cases from China based on field research.