One Western woman with a Chinese husband makes sense of China 洋媳妇谈中国
Posted in Ask the Yangxifu on Feb 12th, 2010
Ana asks:
I have a question about weddings. I am in my late twenties and recently engaged to my Chinese-American boyfriend,which I am really excited about.
But the wedding worries me. Initially I wanted a simple ceremony. I was raised Christian but he wasn’t, but I wouldn’t insist on a church. just maybe a simple [...]
Posted in Ask the Yangxifu on Jan 22nd, 2010
Kelley asks:
I started teaching English in China this past fall, and met a wonderful Chinese man. I never expected to have a Chinese boyfriend, or expected it so soon! But we’ve been dating since October, and are very much in love.
However, I am really starting to freak out because he asked me to spend [...]
Posted in China articles on Dec 21st, 2009
Well, while everyone is getting their lists together and checking them twice for Christmas, I’m doing the same — in terms of improving Speaking of China.
Thanks to the overwhelming support I’ve had so far, I’ve decided to expand this site with an ambitious plan, starting January 4, 2010. Here’s what you’ll be seeing:
Posted in China articles on Dec 20th, 2009
Five days after my wedding ceremony in China, my Chinese mother-in-law sat down with me to do “the talk.” No, it wasn’t that kind of talk. It was about…well…children.
“You have to have a child, and earlier is better,” she said, flashing me a nervous smile.
Posted in "How to" China guides on Nov 27th, 2009
I thought I couldn’t go wrong with the American ginseng root. My coworker Grace — a Chinese girl who doted over me like a mother, despite the fact that she was a few years younger than I — had helped me pick it out. “Her parents will love this,” said Grace as she handed the [...]
Posted in China articles on Nov 22nd, 2009
As I’ve written before, Chinese men and foreign women — dating or marrying — are a rarity. But when Liang Heng and Judy Shapiro fell in love in China in 1979, they weren’t just a rarity — they were pioneers at a time when the idea of marriages between foreigners and Chinese were still questionable.
Most [...]
Posted in China articles on Oct 18th, 2009
Er Ge, my second-oldest brother-in-law, wanted to marry for life.
His bride in 2005 was a lovely, lithe girl of 18 from Guizhou who worked in a local sewing factory, often evenings. I never forgot her almost ubiquitous smile in my presence. It was inscrutable, a smile that remained far too long to be just about [...]
Posted in China articles on Oct 11th, 2009
This is the concluding article in a four-part series of articles providing a snapshot of modern life in China in observance of October 1, 2009, the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. It was published October 11, 2009 in the Insight section of the Idaho State Journal
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It was Chinese New [...]
Posted in China articles on Sep 20th, 2009
This is the first in a four-part series of articles providing a snapshot of modern life in China ahead of October 1, 2009, the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. It was published September 20, 2009 in the Insight section of the Idaho State Journal.
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Zhongshan, Tonglu County, Zhejiang, China — [...]
Posted in China articles on Sep 16th, 2009
It could have been any other pile of clothing — pastel linen blouses, jeans with a flower pattern embroidered on the side, a silk robe in peacock blue, and more. But they were my the clothes of my sister-in-law, Da Sao, married to my husband’s eldest brother. And my Chinese mother-in-law was anxious to clear [...]
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