One Western woman with a Chinese husband writes about love, family and relationships in China 洋媳妇看中国
Posted in Articles on Jan 28th, 2013
For those of you who may have missed it, I was featured in a Global Times article titled “Meet the Parents,” which shares some personal tales of meet-the-Chinese-parents experiences from foreigners (including me) and offers some advice for any foreigners heading home with their boyfriend/girlfriend to meet the parents for the first time. Here’s a [...]
Posted in Articles on Nov 12th, 2012
I spent much of the past week in bed, and unfortunately, much of this weekend as well. So I’m sending you to the archives this Monday so I can catch my breath and rest up a little. Those of you new to this blog may have missed my posts on Chinese marriage, through the eyes [...]
Posted in Ask the Yangxifu on Sep 21st, 2012
She and her Chinese boyfriend hope to marry someday. But his parents refuse to see her, and he hardly talks to them.
Posted in Ask the Yangxifu on Jul 20th, 2012
A Western woman hardly speaks with her parents because of an abuse-ridden childhood, but her Chinese boyfriend disapproves.
Posted in Articles on Jul 9th, 2012
How my Chinese husband and I moved in with my grandmother, and how the Chinese value of filial piety played a role in it all.
Posted in Ask the Yangxifu on Jul 6th, 2012
A Western woman is visiting her Chinese family, but the family speaks local dialects, not Mandarin, at the table and she’s lost.
Posted in Ask the Yangxifu on Apr 27th, 2012
An overseas Chinese guy asks for advice on how to deal with questions from his parents/relatives about why he isn’t married yet.
Posted in Articles on Apr 2nd, 2012
I went against the Chinese family etiquette to save a baby mobile. But maybe a foreigner’s ignorance sometimes comes in handy in China?
Posted in Ask the Yangxifu on Mar 30th, 2012
An American woman dated her Chinese boyfriend for 7 years, yet he still hasn’t introduced her to the family, even though he promised.
Posted in Ask the Yangxifu on Mar 23rd, 2012
An American guy feels he is getting pressured into marriage by his five-year Chinese girlfriend and her mother.
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One Western woman with a Chinese husband writes about love, family and relationships in China 洋媳妇看中国
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