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Ask the Yangxifu: Texting to Ask a Chinese Guy Out?

Posted in Ask the Yangxifu on Dec 2nd, 2011

A woman is interested in a Chinese guy, but they work in a romance-unfriendly government organization. Should she text him to ask him out?

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Ask the Yangxifu: Holiday Gift Roundup for Chinese Friends & Loved Ones

Posted in Ask the Yangxifu on Nov 25th, 2011

To make your holiday to-do list a little easier, I’m rounding up all of my gift-giving advice in one easy post. Includes ideas for your Chinese friends and family, as well as hosts and even business associates.

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Double Happiness: The Date In China That Changed Her Future

Posted in Double Happiness on Nov 18th, 2011

When Jemma arrived in China in 2008, she expected to stay two years and then move on to another place. But that was before she met her Chinese boyfriend — through a friend.

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The Sanshi’erli Scare: Over Thirty and Still A Student?

Posted in China articles on Sep 12th, 2011

“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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Finding Friends With Married Chinese Women

Posted in China articles on Sep 5th, 2011

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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Ask the Yangxifu: Opposite-Sex Friendships in China

Posted in Ask the Yangxifu on Aug 5th, 2011

An American woman attracted to a Chinese man at her university wonders about friendships between opposite sexes in China. Could she and this man remain friends, even if they don’t date?

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Ask the Yangxifu: Why Does My Chinese Family Refuse My Gifts?

Posted in Ask the Yangxifu on Jul 22nd, 2011

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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Ruzhui: When Chinese Men “Marry Into” Wife’s Family

Posted in China articles on Jun 20th, 2011

Ruzhui, where Chinese men “marry into” the wife’s family and have the child carry her name, turns Chinese marriage tradition upside down.

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Ask the Yangxifu: Chinese Boyfriend Thinks I’m Fat

Posted in Ask the Yangxifu on Jun 10th, 2011

A bigger woman with a Chinese boyfriend feels unattractive when, all of a sudden, he asks her to lose weight for their trip to China.

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Ask the Yangxifu: Unlucky in Love in China

Posted in Ask the Yangxifu on May 13th, 2011

This is Friday the 13th, one of the unluckiest days of the year — a perfect time for tales of star-crossed lovers, and relationship woes, Ask the Yangxifu style.

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