One Western woman with a Chinese husband writes about love, family and relationships in China 洋媳妇看中国
Posted in Ask the Yangxifu on Jan 13th, 2012
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.
Posted in Ask the Yangxifu on Oct 28th, 2011
A reader asks me how my husband and Chinese family reacted to my vegan diet. Was it always happily vegan every after for us?
Posted in China articles on Sep 26th, 2011
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?
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.
Posted in Ask the Yangxifu on Aug 26th, 2011
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?
Posted in China articles on Aug 22nd, 2011
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.
Posted in China articles on Jul 25th, 2011
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.
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?
Posted in China articles on Jul 11th, 2011
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).
Posted in China articles on Jul 4th, 2011
My Chinese father-in-law insisted people have the freedom to choose who they marry in China. But then he revealed the truth about his own marriage — it was his mother’s choice, not his.
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