▁year ▁of ▁high ▁school ▁in ▁Be ij ing , ▁where ▁she ▁became ▁prof ic ient ▁in ▁Mand arin ▁Chinese . ▁Lane ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁Chinese - English ▁interpreter ▁in ▁Be ij ing ▁during ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁Summer ▁Olympics . ▁ ▁Education ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁Lane ▁graduated ▁from ▁Middle bury ▁College ▁with ▁degrees ▁in ▁German ▁and ▁Chinese . ▁She ▁received ▁a ▁DA AD ▁Journal ism ▁Sch olar ship ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁five ▁Ful br ight ▁Journal ism ▁Sch olar ships ▁for ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁through ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁both ▁based ▁in ▁Berlin . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁Lane ▁began ▁her ▁professional ▁journal ism ▁career ▁writing ▁for ▁the ▁Associ ated ▁Press ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁from ▁their ▁Berlin ▁b ureau , ▁covering ▁the ▁effects ▁of ▁the ▁euro ▁crisis ▁on ▁Berlin ' s ▁legal ▁sex ▁workers . ▁ ▁She ▁wrote ▁in ▁German ▁for ▁the ▁Berliner ▁Zeitung ▁on ▁a ▁DA AD ▁journal ism ▁scholar ship ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁Lane ▁began ▁at ▁the ▁Wall ▁Street ▁Journal ▁as ▁a ▁Ful br ight ▁scholar ▁in ▁early ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁their ▁Berlin - based ▁euro ▁crisis ▁team . ▁ ▁French ▁designer ▁and ▁art ▁collect or ▁Hub ert ▁de ▁Given chy ▁worked ▁with ▁Lane ▁on ▁her ▁first ▁major ▁coverage ▁of ▁European ▁art ▁and ▁the ▁art ▁market . ▁In ▁a ▁tri o ▁of ▁inter views ▁between ▁Given chy ▁and ▁Lane ▁that ▁the ▁Journal ▁published