Speaking of China

A reader asks me how my husband and Chinese family reacted to my vegan diet. Was it always happily vegan every after for us?

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“A Western woman walks into a bar…” sounds like the start of a joke. But instead of coming back with a punchline, a number of Western women came back with Chinese men who they would eventually marry. Featuring stories from Jo Kelly-Bai, Kelly Sandor-Yang, and White Girl in a Chinese-American World.

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Just last month, I discovered a new celebrity couple in the community of Chinese men and Western women — Li Yang, the founder of Crazy English, and Kim Lee, his American wife. If only it weren’t because of revelations that Li Yang beat and battered Kim for many years.

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After pondering questions about the One-Child Policy — and how most young Chinese men today had no siblings — I wondered: what would it be like if my Chinese husband were an only child?

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What gifts should you give to the parents for a Chinese wedding? I offer examples of wedding gifts in China, and suggestions on what to bring.

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In marriage, is love really destiny? That’s what I wondered after my Chinese sister-in-law gave me that definition for love among married couples.

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A Western woman just got diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome, and feels she must reveal this to her Chinese boyfriend. Should she? And if so, how?

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“You’re too old to be a student.” That’s what my Chinese husband’s family and friends told him, because he’s over thirty with no career and no child.

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Sara Jaaksola offers insight from her own relationship with a Chinese man on what to do when language barriers get in the way of your love.

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After a conversation with the wives of my Chinese husband’s “brothers,” I suddenly felt a little less alone in the world — and realized I could learn so much from married Chinese women.

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