One Western woman with a Chinese husband writes about love, family and relationships in China 洋媳妇看中国
Posted in China articles on Jan 10th, 2011
When I asked my Chinese husband about why he took out a loan to treat me on our first “official date,” the answer — which said a lot about how he viewed love and money — surprised me.
Posted in China articles on Jan 3rd, 2011
Sushi is not Chinese food — and it’s not the only way Americans sometimes misunderstand China.
Posted in China articles on Nov 3rd, 2010
Matador just published my article titled “How I Learned to Read Chinese.”
For those of you dying to know about my path to fluency, this piece tracks how I left illiteracy in Chinese behind.
Posted in China articles on Oct 25th, 2010
Happy birthday meant something completely different to John, my Chinese husband. So over time, I discovered a certain China birthday enthusiasm gap.
Posted in China articles on Sep 6th, 2010
I never imagined “harmless” weather could look so horrible — but China’s Yangtze River Delta, where I lived for more than four years, forever changed my perspective on storms, from seemingly severe thunderstorms to typhoons.
Posted in China articles on Aug 23rd, 2010
One Saturday morning in Spring 2005, about 10 minutes before crawling from bed, I heard it — a screeching sound akin to scratching a blackboard with your fingernails, but magnified more than 100 times over. Yes, just a little good old welding and drilling in the name of redecorating yet another apartment in my neighborhood, [...]
Posted in China articles on Aug 16th, 2010
Before I went to China, I never believed in wearing cute pastels. But after living in the Middle Kingdom, adorable outfits slowly creeped into my wardrobe, and changed forever just how I saw clothing.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Jun 23rd, 2010
My Chinese boyfriend John and I went to Su Causeway in Hangzhou not for the view or a walk, but to find the bench where we first kissed, and became a couple.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Jun 21st, 2010
My friend Chris had completely bought into Amway as a way of life, when he began working as a sales rep for them. But while I bought Amway vitamins, I wasn’t buying his sales pitch.
Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Jun 16th, 2010
During a reunion lunch with one of my favorite former Chinese coworkers, Jane, I discover she’s gone over to F@lun G0ng — and hopes John and I will too.
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