Does Peer Pressure Ever Discourage Dating Differently?
Posted in Articles on Mar 25th, 2013
Did you ever experience peer pressure regarding your potential dating choices? And did it ever influence your decision to date (or not to date) someone?
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On Int’l Women’s Day: Celebrated in China, Forgotten in America
Posted in Articles on Mar 11th, 2013
I only discovered International Women’s Day after coming to China. My home country of America may have created it, but we’ve largely forgotten it.
2013 Blogs by Western Women Who Love Chinese Men
Posted in Yangxifu Pride on Mar 8th, 2013
It’s March 8 — International Women’s Day — and time for an update to my list of blogs by Western women who love Chinese men!
On My Negative Dating Experiences With Chinese Men, and Why I Still Kept Smiling About China’s “Dating Scene”
Posted in Articles on Dec 17th, 2012
The winds (of China’s dating scene) didn’t always blow my way, but I still remained smiling, despite all my own negative experiences w/ Chinese men.
Ask the Yangxifu: My Chinese Family Speaks Local Dialect at Dinner, Not Mandarin
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.
How I Broke Chinese Family Etiquette To Save A Baby Mobile
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?
Things We’ve Learned About Going Meatless in China From Our Chinese Families
Posted in Articles on Mar 26th, 2012
Sometimes your meat-eating Chinese relatives can teach you a lot about going meatless, as Susan Blumberg-Kason and I learned.
Why I Write About “Forbidden” Love in China
Posted in Articles on Mar 12th, 2012
Forbidden. That’s what someone once called my writing back in 2004 when I started sharing my relationships with Chinese men.
Getting Personal When Buying Condoms at Watson’s China
Posted in Articles on Jan 16th, 2012
A little personal shopping got too personal when buying condoms in a Watson’s in China.
Ask the Yangxifu: Carolyn J. Phillips On Charming A Chinese Family Through Food
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.
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