One Western woman with a Chinese husband writes about love, family and relationships in China 洋媳妇看中国
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu on Jul 28th, 2010
The top 10 most popular moments, by views, in Memoirs of a Yangxifu — the story of love, cultural understanding and eventual marriage between one American woman from the city and one Chinese man from the countryside.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu on Jul 26th, 2010
In China, lovers are often said “to have the destiny to meet across one thousand li.” For my Chinese husband, John, and I, it wasn’t just one thousand li — it was ten thousand li.
In this entry, I’ll look back on the series, Memoirs of a Yangxifu, and also announce a new posting schedule for the blog.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu on Jul 21st, 2010
When John, my Chinese boyfriend, refused to eat my salad, that moment was a window into one major difference between our culinary cultures. In his village, nobody eats lettuce, unless it’s cooked.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu on Jul 19th, 2010
When the real estate agent in Shanghai arrived late for yet another apartment visit, I wondered — will I be late in finding a good place in Shanghai, before the month is up?
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu on Jul 12th, 2010
John and I go on a dead-end visit to an unsavory apartment building in China — in an effort to find a new place to live — and make the landlord angry with our disinterest.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu on Jul 7th, 2010
When you’re abroad, your brethren foreigners can sometimes be just as foreign to you as the locals, just as John and I discovered one night while dining on a bar street.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu on Jul 5th, 2010
In our old Shanghai town house, John and I faced a double infestation — cockroaches and rats — despite the popular wisdom that you can’t have both together.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu on Jun 30th, 2010
I brought my Shanghai neighbor chocolate, as a token of forgiveness — over a bicycle that I couldn’t park in her kitchen, which then got stolen outside — but never expected her to come back with her own sweet reply.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu on Jun 28th, 2010
I never should have left my bicycle outside of my apartment house. And I never should have expected the community to understand the theft of my bicycle.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu on Jun 23rd, 2010
My Chinese boyfriend John and I went to Su Causeway in Hangzhou not for the view or a walk, but to find the bench where we first kissed, and became a couple.
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