http://www.speakingofchina.com/china-memoir-yangxifu/ch16-foreign-girlfriend-or-tale/ One Western woman with a Chinese husband makes sense of China 洋媳妇看中国 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:46:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.speakingofchina.com/china-memoir-yangxifu/ch16-foreign-girlfriend-or-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-1941 Chapter 47: Chapter 47: A Picture of My Chinese Boyfriend’s Family | Speaking of China Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:14:56 +0000 http://www.speakingofchina.com/?p=517#comment-1941 [...] I felt elation at the photograph developing before my eyes, different from the one I first knew, of a family where their son could be friends with a foreign girl, not date her. This new picture, between John’s father and I, was of new understanding, curiosity, and [...] [...] I felt elation at the photograph developing before my eyes, different from the one I first knew, of a family where their son could be friends with a foreign girl, not date her. This new picture, between John’s father and I, was of new understanding, curiosity, and [...]

]]> http://www.speakingofchina.com/china-memoir-yangxifu/ch16-foreign-girlfriend-or-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-1790 Chapter 45: Paying Respects and Pondering Family | Speaking of China Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:14:29 +0000 http://www.speakingofchina.com/?p=517#comment-1790 [...] thought, as I felt the glossy, scarlet paper envelope between my fingers. An envelope, just for me, the foreign girl he once said John could be friends with, not date. Not even the “Xie xie” — which means thank you — could ever express the [...] [...] thought, as I felt the glossy, scarlet paper envelope between my fingers. An envelope, just for me, the foreign girl he once said John could be friends with, not date. Not even the “Xie xie” — which means thank you — could ever express the [...]

]]> http://www.speakingofchina.com/china-memoir-yangxifu/ch16-foreign-girlfriend-or-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-1731 Chapter 42: New Clothes for Chinese New Year | Speaking of China Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:11:02 +0000 http://www.speakingofchina.com/?p=517#comment-1731 [...] the remark from John’s father — that foreign women make good friends, not girlfriends — I needed something to make a fresh start with his family. That’s what I told [...] [...] the remark from John’s father — that foreign women make good friends, not girlfriends — I needed something to make a fresh start with his family. That’s what I told [...]

]]> http://www.speakingofchina.com/china-memoir-yangxifu/ch16-foreign-girlfriend-or-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-1186 Tweets that mention Chapter 16: Foreign Girlfriend or Fascinating Moonlight Tale? | Speaking of China -- Topsy.com Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:29:25 +0000 http://www.speakingofchina.com/?p=517#comment-1186 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Heidi Hooper and rosedeniz, Jocelyn Eikenburg. Jocelyn Eikenburg said: Chapter 16: Foreign Girlfriend or Fascinating Moonlight Tale? | Speaking of #China http://is.gd/7sFZF [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Heidi Hooper and rosedeniz, Jocelyn Eikenburg. Jocelyn Eikenburg said: Chapter 16: Foreign Girlfriend or Fascinating Moonlight Tale? | Speaking of #China http://is.gd/7sFZF [...]

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