Beijing resident Marcus Batsukh is just a hop, skip and step away from his neighboring motherland. But, the American-born Mongolian couldn't be more thrilled about living in the Olympic capital.

"I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. Besides Mongolia, I've never enjoyed being in one country so much."

The 27-year-old son of Dr Galsan Batsukh - the Ambassador to China for Mongolia - spent the latter part of his childhood in Beijing and returned to the city earlier this year. "I love China so much that I can't get away from it," says Batsukh.