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A blog about love, family and relationships in China, including AMWF (Asian male/Western female) love. 洋媳妇谈中国

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22 Memoirs to Read with Asian Men & Western Women in Love

22 Memoirs to Read with Asian Men & Western Women in Love

Published by Jocelyn Eikenburg on September 7, 2017 | 4 Responses

From stories of love and travel to serious reportage, these 22 memoirs featuring Asian men and Western women in love should be on your to-read list.

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged A Field Guide to Happiness, Again, Alex Tizon, AMWF, At Home in Japan, Big Little Man, Burmese Lessons, Dana Sachs, Diane Farr, Ellen Graf, Eve Pell, Foreign Babes in Beijing, Good Chinese Wife, Grace Mineta, Here Comes the Sun: A Journey to Adoption in 8 Chakras, Janet Brown, Judith Shapiro, Karen Connelly, Kissing Outside the Lines, Leza Lowitz, Li Cunxin, Liang Heng, Linda Leaming, Love, Mae Franking, Mae Franking's My Chinese Marriage, Mao's Last Dancer, Marriage in Translation, Married to Bhutan, memoirs, Miranda Kennedy, My Japanese Husband (Still) Thinks I'm Crazy, My Japanese Husband Thinks I'm Crazy, Rachel DeWoskin, Rebecca Otowa, Shannon Young, Sideways on a Scooter, Son of the Revolution, Susan Blumberg-Kason, The Good Shufu, The House on Dream Street, The Natural Laws of Good Luck, Tone Deaf in Bangkok, Tracy Slater, Wendy Tokunaga, Year of Fire Dragons

Need a Good Summer Read? Try These 28 Books Featured on the Blog

Need a Good Summer Read? Try These 28 Books Featured on the Blog

Published by Jocelyn Eikenburg on July 13, 2017 | 4 Responses

Whether you’re chilling out on the beach or cooling down indoors, here’s my list of recommended summer reads I’ve featured here on the blog

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged A Bollywood Affair, A Field Guide to Happiness, Alex Tizon, Atom Yang, Big Little Man, Celeste Ng, Dana Sachs, Empire of Glass, Everything I Never Told You, Ferry Tale, Good Chinese Wife, Grace Buchele Mineta, Here Comes the Sun: A Journey to Adoption in 8 Chakras, How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit, Huan Hsu, Janet Brown, Kaitlin Solimine, Kelli Estes, Leza Lowitz, Linda Leaming, Love Me Anyway, My Japanese Husband (Still) Thinks I'm Crazy, My Japanese Husband Thinks I'm Crazy, Nicki Chen, Parsley & Coriander: Life in China with Italian flavor, Pearl River Drama: Dating in China, Quincy Carroll, Ray Hecht, Red Envelope, Shannon Young, Sonali Dev, South China Morning Blues, Susan Blumberg-Kason, Susan Chan, The Empress of Bright Moon, The Girl Who Wrote in Silk, The Good Shufu, The Moon in the Palace, The Porcelain Thief, The Reluctant Brides of Lily Court Lane, The Secret of The Nightingale Palace, There's Something I Want to Tell You: True Stories of Mixed Dating in Japan, Tiffany Hawk, Tiger Tail Soup, Tone Deaf in Bangkok, Tracy Slater, Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside, Weina Dai Randel, Year of Fire Dragons, Yuta Aoki

3 Stereotypes About Asian Men I’m Tired Of Hearing

3 Stereotypes About Asian Men I’m Tired Of Hearing

Published by Jocelyn Eikenburg on February 28, 2017 | 33 Responses

My marriage to a Chinese man has also educated me about the world of racism, prejudice, and all of those unfortunate stereotypes about Asians.

Posted in Articles | Tagged Alex Tizon, Asian men, bias, Big Little Man, Chinese men, Favorites, prejudice, racism, racist, stereotypes

How should we feel about Shanghai men being great husbands?

How should we feel about Shanghai men being great husbands?

Published by Jocelyn Eikenburg on April 27, 2015 | 20 Responses

Shanghainese husbands are supposedly some of the best in the world. But how should we feel about this when the reasons could come across as emasculating?

Posted in Articles | Tagged Alex Tizon, Asian husbands, Asian men, Big Little Man, China, Chinese husbands, Chinese men, Shanghai husbands, Shanghai men, stereotypes

Gift Recommendations For Books Featured On This Blog

Gift Recommendations For Books Featured On This Blog

Published by Jocelyn Eikenburg on December 1, 2014 | 12 Responses

Does your holiday shopping list include book lovers? I’ve featured a lot of books on this blog — including AMWF titles — that could make great gifts.

Posted in Articles | Tagged A Field Guide to Happiness, Alex Tizon, Almost Home, Big Little Man, books, Celeste Ng, Dana Sachs, Everything I Never Told You, Good Chinese Wife, Grace Buchele Mineta, How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit, Janet Brown, Linda Leaming, Love Me Anyway, My Japanese Husband Thinks I'm Crazy, Nicki Chen, Shannon Young, Susan Blumberg-Kason, The Secret of The Nightingale Palace, Tiffany Hawk, Tiger Tail Soup, Tone Deaf in Bangkok, Year of Fire Dragons

Interview with Alex Tizon on His Memoir “Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self”

Published by Jocelyn Eikenburg on September 12, 2014 | 23 Responses

Alex Tizon’s new memoir “Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self” offers a personal view on Asian masculinity in the West — and is a book you must read.

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged Alex Tizon, Asian men, Big Little Man, discrimination, Favorites, yellow fever

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Jocelyn Eikenburg

Jocelyn is a writer, blogger and the creator of Speaking of China, a blog about love, family and relationships in China, including AMWF love. She has been featured on the BBC and CCTV. You can find her writing in The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, the anthologies "How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit?" and "Unsavory Elements", and other publications. Jocelyn is fluent in Chinese and working on a memoir. Learn more...

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Buy a copy of the fabulous 2014 anthology How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit? and read my essay "Huangshan Honeymoon"!

My essay "Red Couplets" is also included in the 2013 China expat travel anthology Unsavory Elements.

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