Kim Kuay Lim is from Singapore.

He joined the Singapore Government Administrative Service and served variously as Assistant Commissioner for Labour, Commissioner of Oaths, Commissioner of Insurance, Commissioner of Chit Fund, and Commissioner of Singapore in Hong Kong.

His other appointments included operationally within Singapore and abroad with the Foreign Service and Trade Development Board, and several directorships, including the Zoo and Jurong Town Corporation. He retired from active service before the turn of the Millennium.

He has travelled extensively, effectively more than thrice around the world, critically appreciative of diverse peoples and places.

"In Search of the Real China" was first published in print in January 2002 under his pen name of Lin J. Ke. It was overhauled and expanded in early 2020 to include chapters on Teochew (Chaoshan), Hong Kong, Taiwan, Xinjiang and Tibet following another round of visits to China, and republished as an ebook in October 2020.