One Western woman with a Chinese husband makes sense of China 洋媳妇看中国
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on May 5th, 2010
As a friend goes into quarantine, and the virus closes in on John’s hometown in the countryside, I had to learn how to live with the threat of SARS, everyday.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Apr 12th, 2010
As I moved to Shanghai in a microvan, I left behind Hangzhou — and the memories — and moved forward with John’s support.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Apr 8th, 2010
A lie may have brought me into Shanghai, but it was the truth that would make me gainfully employed in China.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Apr 6th, 2010
Has your China guanxi ever surprised you? A new guanxi of mine set up a job interview in China like nothing I’d ever known.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Mar 22nd, 2010
In Chinese New Year, wearing new clothes means a new beginning. One night, after losing my job, I commission a new Chinese-style outfit, in the hopes of a new beginning with John’s parents — and, eventually, with my career.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Mar 18th, 2010
As I lost my job in the Chinese Internet company, Frank, my ex-Chinese boyfriend, became closer to management. I never thought Frank would understand, and didn’t see how we could stay friends, until one harried night when I left the company.
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 Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Mar 9th, 2010
In China, sometimes you have to depend on your Chinese friends. I had to, when I sprained my left ankle, and discovered I lived in a disabled unfriendly apartment.
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.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Mar 2nd, 2010
When you work in China as a foreigner, Chinese companies can surprise you. Mine did one afternoon, when they asked me to spam.
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