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No vacation for Chinese New Year in America? My Chinese father-in-law was surprised to hear we had no time off — but then again, he’s never known a world without Chinese New Year, like I have.

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Accomplished Chinese food writer and yangxifu Carolyn J. Phillips talks with me about food and what it takes to charm your Chinese family at the table.

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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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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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All You Need Is Destiny

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 is shocked when her Chinese boyfriend gets super-critical with her, only several months into their relationship. Is this normal, and what should she do?

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The way my Chinese in-laws said goodbye to John and I, it could have been any other morning. But it wasn’t — we were leaving for the US, for another two years.

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I didn’t understand why my Chinese mother-in-law argued with my Chinese father-in-law. But, according to my Chinese husband, maybe that’s their way of showing love.

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An American woman wonders why her Chinese in-laws seem upset every time she gives them a gift. Why do they always refuse what she buys for them?

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When my Chinese inlaws married in 1971, the marriage must-haves were a bicycle, sewing machine, radio and wristwatch, known as the “four big items” (si dajian).

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