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In a cross-cultural marriage, sometimes it’s easy to feel as if the two of you stand on opposite ends of the battlefield — in our case, China vs. the US.

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In the past few weeks, I’ve discovered They’re All So Beautiful, an online forum about race and dating that’s features a five-part online series and is also a companion to the documentary Seeking Asian Female. Yes, it’s a conversation in part about “yellow fever” — but one with more intelligence, one that seeks to transcend [...]

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When my Chinese husband and I celebrated China’s Tomb Sweeping Festival at a visit to my mother’s grave, his traditions somehow helped soothe my grief.

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Did you ever experience peer pressure regarding your potential dating choices? And did it ever influence your decision to date (or not to date) someone?

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For Susan Blumberg-Kason, author of the forthcoming memoir “Good Chinese Wife,” divorcing her Chinese husband never meant having to divorce China as well.

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I only discovered International Women’s Day after coming to China. My home country of America may have created it, but we’ve largely forgotten it.

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UPDATE: Forgot to mention the following: I’m not searching just for a Chinese women, but also women from Japan and Korea (with the same sort of luck, as you can imagine).  Someone who knows a bit of English would also be helpful because the interview would be in English. Got this request from SELF China [...]

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My essay titled “Red Couplets” is going to be published this month in the anthology “Unsavory Elements”
— a book featured in the Shanghai Lit Festival.

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10 questions about “Red All Over,” my memoir that covers Chinese wedding and dating culture, while sharing the story of how China changed my life and love.

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The other night, my Chinese husband and I got into an argument over US-China news. And it scared me to be against John, when I really love him.

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