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One Chinese Woman Fears Marriage

Posted in China articles on May 23rd, 2011

It’s no secret that women in China worry about getting married. But I was surprised to learn that one Chinese woman’s worries came from fear of marriage.

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Chapter 15: Climbing Back Into Love With John

Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Jan 28th, 2010

My Chinese boyfriend John and I didn’t just climb a mountain that afternoon — we climbed back into love, after a morning when I wondered if my shadows would push him away.

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Chapter 14: The China Road of Misunderstanding

Posted in Memoirs of a Yangxifu in China on Jan 27th, 2010

In our journey through China, we don’t always understand the country, or our Chinese lovers. I didn’t one morning, on a trip to my Chinese boyfriend’s hometown.

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The Grass is Greener?: when the romance ends, and China’s reality begins

Posted in China articles on Dec 13th, 2009

After living with John, my Chinese boyfriend, for more than two years in Shanghai — and marrying him — I experienced the difficulties of an average Chinese through him.

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How my Chinese mother-in-law cured a mentally ill chicken

Posted in China articles on Aug 10th, 2009

At my inlaws’ home, I didn’t take much notice of the chicken habitually roosting in the corner of the room next to the kitchen. Chickens have free run of the first floor of the house (which means we have to watch where we walk) and even have their own sleeping corner. But my Chinese mother-in-law [...]

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