Ask the Yangxifu: Chinese New Year Red Envelopes For Boyfriend?
Posted in Ask the Yangxifu on Jan 20th, 2012
A Western woman wants to give her Chinese boyfriend hongbao/lai see because he’s younger, but those red envelopes are really more for kids.
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 20th, 2012
A Western woman wants to give her Chinese boyfriend hongbao/lai see because he’s younger, but those red envelopes are really more for kids.
Posted in Ask the Yangxifu on Jan 6th, 2012
A half-Chinese, half-White woman wonders, what would Chinese men and their parents think of dating her?
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 Ask the Yangxifu on Sep 23rd, 2011
What gifts should you give to the parents for a Chinese wedding? I offer examples of wedding gifts in China, and suggestions on what to bring.
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?