David Xiaoshan
David Xiaoshan (小山), (born January13, 1990), better known by his Chinese stage name Xiaoshan (Chinese: 小山; pinyin: Xiǎoshān; literally: 'Small Mountain'), is a Canadian personality based in China. Relatively unknown in the West, is one of the most famous Western personalities in China's internet media industry, where he occupied a unique position as a foreign national who had become a minor domestic celebrity, and occupies a unique hosting position in China Central Television.
Early Life[edit]
David grew up in Toronto, ON and Attended West Hill Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Canada and began studying Chinese in his spare time after school going to local Chinese malls, as well as studying Wing Chun and how to use the Nunchakus, his original Chinese name was given by his best friend from Hong Kong naming him 谷大卫 a transliterated version from his English name, during this time he became increasingly interested in Chinese pop star Jay Chou and used his music to practice Chinese, During his time at University of Toronto he majored in Chinese studies and went off to China to pursue a career there as an English teacher
Early television work[edit]
While on vacation in Canada during the summer of 2015, David was invited to MC a meeting between the mayor of Markham and the mayor of Changchun, during this event, he was recognized by a Toronto based Chinese Tv station President known as Edward Gong, in which he offered him a job to train him, during the next few years his name would change to Xiaoshan, he would learn Chinese comedy & Kuaiban, tv hosting skills, and learn more Chinese to improve the fluidity, he debuted on the 2018 Chinese new year celebration in Toronto in which propelled him to new heights in the Chinese media
Current work[edit]
David continues to work on the Chinese internet as a media personality, and he occasionally gets invited on to various national tv shows, along with hosting big live events within China and overseas Chinese communities, he has written a book called “Conquering The Great Wall” to guide foreigners in the Chinese language journey and how to navigate through china, he also assists western governments using his unique position as a cultural ambassador on how to perceive china and how to best cooperate with them, also he has created the app called Jin Gu Bang English (金箍棒英语). This is a mobile app for iOS or Android that is geared for helping native Mandarin Chinese or Cantonese Chinese speakers learn to speak English at an intermediate level within a few short Audio lessons using vocabulary, situations, sentence structure, and grammar to ensure the process.
The mobile app also serves as a platform for Immigration, Real Estate Investment, Overseas studies, with travel and tourism, App was created by David Valley a.k.a Xiaoshan to help service the growing needs of the Chinese people at home and abroad
The app is available on the following App Stores: Apple App Store, Google Play, Oppo, 360, Huawei, Baidu, Tencent, Vivo, and Xiaomi
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