Comments on: A Chinese boyfriend/Chinese husband and foreign woman 30 years ago, through “Son of the Revolution”

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 11 May 2010 10:24:11 +0000

â€œWesterners marry and divorce just for the fun of it,â€

Someone’s been watching too much hollywood..

By: lhamo

lhamo — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:52:36 +0000

They moved to the States in the early ’80s, and I am pretty sure I remember reading somewhere that they got divorced — I was pretty dissillusioned after hearing that, as I enjoyed the book as well! Thankfully, not all cross-cultural marriages are doomed, and not everybody ends up going to the U.S. My husband and I are about to celebrate our 13th wedding anniversary, both families are totally accepting and wonderful as inlaws, and we have two great bilingual, bicultural kids.

By the time we married in 1996, it wasn’t such an unusual thing. But we did get a show made about us by the local television station when we went back for the local wedding in the summer of 1997.

By: J

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:04:05 +0000

I think you are right about there will be more Chinese men marrying foreign women. People understand people from different countries and backgrounds much better than they used to be. I have not got a chance to read the book you mentioned. But it is worth to point out that even Chinese marriages in those days are very complicated and politically influenced rather than a simple love story.

By: melanie gao

melanie gao — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:47:41 +0000

What a great story!

By: Sarah Jane

Sarah Jane — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:58:42 +0000

It would be interesting to find out if Judy and Liang are still together.

By: lawrence clingman

lawrence clingman — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:51:48 +0000

Hey, this is a really touching piece. I’m just learning about Chinese culture really, and I can’t imagine falling in love with a Chinese woman, just because of how different I imagine it to be. But I’m sure in the right circumstances it could, and obviously does happen. It’s so beautiful when it does. Cool! All the best to you. ill check out this blog more often.

By: Don Tai

Don Tai — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:06:41 +0000

Thanks for a very intriguing writeup. I’ll certainly read Son of the Revolution. Mixed marriages in a homogeneous culture always sparks curiosity at the very least. Here in Canada it rarely gets more than a casual yawn.