China

Austrian Mark Kolars got fired and asked to leave China over a racist tirade he posted on LinkedIn that went viral on Chinese social media.

Media

South Korea Bans Abusive Men from Marrying Foreign Women

October 15, 2019October 16, 2019 Jocelyn Eikenburg 1 Comment China, domestic violence, foreign women, Kim Lee, Li Yang, South Korea

South Korea approved legislation to prohibit men with a criminal record of domestic violence from inviting foreign women to the country for marriage

Yangxifu Pride

Tibetan-Style Blankets: Cross-Cultural Couple Creates Colorful Business

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 Jocelyn Eikenburg 0 Comments America, American wife, China, Qinghai, Shema-lep Tibetan Blankets, Tibetan husband

“It is our hope that our success will help Tibetans realize the beauty and value of their traditional crafts, and inspire an interest in preserving them.”

Media

Riding the ‘Love Train’: Matchmaking Express Takes Off in China’s Chongqing

August 30, 2019August 29, 2019 Jocelyn Eikenburg 2 Comments China, Chongqing, love train

Move over, Love Boat. Southwest China’s Chongqing has discovered a more creative vehicle for matchmaking with its own “Love Train.”

AMWF History

Giant Man Zhan Shicai (Chang Woo Gow) and Catherine Santley

August 8, 2019August 5, 2019 Jocelyn Eikenburg 7 Comments AMWF, AMWF couples, Australia, Australian women, Catherine Santley, Chang Woo Gow, China, Chinese men, England, Zhan Shicai

Zhan Shicai (Chang Woo Gow) made a career out of his incredible height — and while touring the world, met his wife Catherine Santley in Australia.

Book Reviews

‘Touching Home in China’ Explores Nation, Lives of Girls in Insightful, Intimate Curriculum

July 23, 2019July 22, 2019 Jocelyn Eikenburg 0 Comments American, China, Chinese, Chinese American, Chinese culture, Melissa Ludtke, Touching Home in China

‘Touching Home in China’ offers a very intimate take on China by following two Chinese adoptees in the US who journey back to their rural birthplaces.

AMWF History

Velma Demerson, Arrested for Having Chinese Boyfriend in Canada

June 27, 2019June 28, 2019 Jocelyn Eikenburg 2 Comments Canada, China, Harry Yip, Hong Kong, Incorrigible, Karin Lee, racism, Velma Demerson

Loving a Chinese man and expecting his child shouldn’t be a crime. But white Canadian Velma Demerson was arrested in Canada in May 1939 for just that.

Articles

How China’s ‘Butterfly Lovers’ Fluttered Into My Heart – and Mobile Phone

June 18, 2019June 17, 2019 Jocelyn Eikenburg 10 Comments Butterfly Lovers, China, Zhejiang

The ‘Butterfly Lovers’ concerto first moved me with its beautiful melody, before moving into my mobile phone — and catching the eye of my future husband.