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 in China on Jun 21st, 2010
My friend Chris had completely bought into Amway as a way of life, when he began working as a sales rep for them. But while I bought Amway vitamins, I wasn’t buying his sales pitch.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Jun 16th, 2010
During a reunion lunch with one of my favorite former Chinese coworkers, Jane, I discover she’s gone over to F@lun G0ng — and hopes John and I will too.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Jun 14th, 2010
When my computer needed fixing in Shanghai, I discovered a helpful — and friendly — face from the most unlikely person: a computer chat addicted, shy Shanghai college kid.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Jun 7th, 2010
When I need a doctor to look at my private parts in China, I am reminded just how elusive privacy really is.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Jun 2nd, 2010
When a noisy Shanghai city works project brings migrant workers into our home — literally — I begin to wonder: just whose life is being disturbed?
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on May 31st, 2010
Under the fierce July heat in Shanghai, I was tested when the neighborhood filled with the din of a city works project.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on May 26th, 2010
Someone in Shanghai dumped newborn kittens into a garbage can near my office — all over superstition. I wonder when luck was more important than life.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on May 24th, 2010
My new community warned “no solicitors” at every gate, but all but turned away the bicycling peddlers, whose sonorous voices announcing wares for sale turned daytime peace into a memory.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on May 19th, 2010
When John and I decide to move in Shanghai — before our lease is up — all understanding gets flushed down the drain by a not-so-understanding landlord.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on May 17th, 2010
John and I may have lived in a Shanghai district called “Long Peace” — but nighttime was anything but peaceful once we discovered the nighttime garbage collection.
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One Western woman with a Chinese husband writes about love, family and relationships in China 洋媳妇看中国
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