One Western woman with a Chinese husband makes sense of China 洋媳妇谈中国
Posted in Ask the Yangxifu on Mar 12th, 2010
Anonymous asks:
I am an American female and began an international graduate program this January here in the US. Most of my classmates are foreign and I’ve gotten the attention from a Chinese male. There is a good chance our relationship is going to blossom, so I have a few questions for you.
At first, [...]
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Mar 11th, 2010
What happens when your company in China forgets you? They had forgotten my Ayi, forgotten the contracts of many current workers. And then, they forgot me and my contract.
Posted in Travel China with the Yangxifu on Mar 10th, 2010
Winser Zhao of China Travel 2.0 interviewed me, and the article — called Meet a Yangxifu and Ask for More About China – Jocelyn and Her Love Story — just appeared on their blog today. Some of the things I talk about include:
My first impressions/experiences in China
Why I love China
How I learned Chinese
My Chinese inlaws’ [...]
Posted in Travel China with the Yangxifu on Mar 10th, 2010
Travel China with the Yangxifu takes you on a stroll through the relaxing and historical Yuelu Academy — one of China’s oldest learning centers — and the nearby Yuelu Mountain, a green retreat from city life filled with small, but fascinating, attractions.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Mar 9th, 2010
When you live as a foreigner in China, sometimes you can’t help but feel like a child. Maybe it’s because you can’t speak the language — or stumble through it, like a toddler playing with sounds and words. Maybe it’s because you don’t read the signs, and feel as lost as a little kid, abandoned [...]
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Mar 8th, 2010
When you live in a foreign country like China, it’s easy to get lost, to stumble, to make a wrong turn. But the wrong turn — or step — can cost you your time, your health or even, your trip to Hong Kong.
On the evening of December 28, 2002, I took the wrong step [...]
Posted in China articles on Mar 5th, 2010
Read this collaborative piece on interracial dating and marriages of Western women and Chinese men I did with Susan Chi, Melanie Gao, and Jessica Larson-Wang — for Middle Kingdom Life. It’s called “Western Wives, Chinese Husbands.”
We answer these questions:
Are Chinese men generally attracted to Western women? Are they representative of Chinese men in general?
Is there anything [...]
Posted in Ask the Yangxifu on Mar 5th, 2010
What should a cross-cultural couple (Chinese-foreigner) consider before moving to China — to live permanently? Here are some issues you should know ahead, from career and visa to the environment and real estate.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Mar 4th, 2010
When you’re in love, and only see each other every two weeks, on the weekends, you romanticize every meeting. You want it to be as perfect as a Tang-dynasty couplet, and script out the possibilities even before your lover arrives. You practice a new phrase, such as 望穿秋水 (wàngchuānqiūshuǐ – awaiting you with great anxiety), [...]
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Mar 3rd, 2010
My Chinese boyfriend, John, faced a seemster of dormitory despair — while I helplessly looked on.
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