Meet Lin Tong alias Shirley Age and family life She is 14 years old and she lives with her parents in Tianjin. At home they have goldfishes and they used to have a turtle, but it died. Friends Her best friend is Wang Kuan alias Crystal. They go to Yaohua high school together in the same class, and they are always together at school. Interests She does not have a lot of hobbies, because she spends a lot of time on her schoolwork. She likes to listen to music, and she loves Chinese and American pop music. Both she and her best friend Wang Kuan like Britney Spears. Lin Tong really likes cute dogs and cute cats, and she would like to have some pet dogs when she gets older. (Her parents don’t want them at home.) Dreams and aspirations Lin Tong would like to become a lawyer when she grows up, but she believes that it is going to be very difficult for her to achieve that, even though she goes to a good school. She wants to study at a university in Beijing together with her best friend Wang Kuan. Traveling So far Lin Tong has been to Japan and South China, and someday she would like to visit Denmark. A lot of Chinese people have been to Japan, and many Chinese school kids are taught Japanese at school.