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Matchmaker, Informal Matchmaker

Posted in China articles on Jan 9th, 2012

if my experience means anything, many Chinese still turn to someone to play matchmaker — even if that someone is just the guy you share an office with at work.

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Ask the Yangxifu: More On Finding Western Women to Date in China

Posted in Ask the Yangxifu on Dec 23rd, 2011

A Chinese man in Guangzhou wonders, can he ever find another Western woman to love in China?

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Ask the Yangxifu: Texting to Ask a Chinese Guy Out?

Posted in Ask the Yangxifu on Dec 2nd, 2011

A woman is interested in a Chinese guy, but they work in a romance-unfriendly government organization. Should she text him to ask him out?

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Double Happiness: The Date In China That Changed Her Future

Posted in Double Happiness on Nov 18th, 2011

When Jemma arrived in China in 2008, she expected to stay two years and then move on to another place. But that was before she met her Chinese boyfriend — through a friend.

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One Vegan, Making Chinese Red-Braised Pork For Love

Posted in China articles, Yin-Yang on Oct 24th, 2011

I’m a vegan, married to a Chinese man who can’t live without his meat and fish. Which I why I’ve learned to make Chinese-style red braised pork, all for love.

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To My Chinese Husband, I’m A Hero?

Posted in China articles on Oct 17th, 2011

I usually associated the term “hero” with people who saved lives, or scaled the walls of Gotham City in tights looking for the bad guys — not a single woman from the US who made a serendipitous choice to come to China on her own. But my Chinese husband reserved the term for, among other people, his future wife.

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Double Happiness: A Western Woman Walks Into A Bar

Posted in Double Happiness on Oct 7th, 2011

“A Western woman walks into a bar…” sounds like the start of a joke. But instead of coming back with a punchline, a number of Western women came back with Chinese men who they would eventually marry. Featuring stories from Jo Kelly-Bai, Kelly Sandor-Yang, and White Girl in a Chinese-American World.

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All You Need Is Destiny

Posted in China articles on Sep 19th, 2011

In marriage, is love really destiny? That’s what I wondered after my Chinese sister-in-law gave me that definition for love among married couples.

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Ask the Yangxifu: Language Barriers in Love

Posted in Ask the Yangxifu on Sep 9th, 2011

Sara Jaaksola offers insight from her own relationship with a Chinese man on what to do when language barriers get in the way of your love.

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Ask the Yangxifu: My Chinese Boyfriend is Too Critical

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?

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