Sep 06, 2023
There are many foreigners working in China with various jobs, personalities and experiences. One thing that we all have in common, however, is the ability to alienate our Chinese colleagues very quickly. Read more>>
Jul 21, 2011 Comments(6)
The Post that Set it All Off When famous Chinese actress Lü Liping took to her Weibo last month to decry homosexuality as “a sin”, she stirred up an online debate that had countless public figures wading in to agree or disagree with her ...... Read More>>
Apr 19, 2011 Comments(21)
Photo: farm4.static.flickr.com Living in China as a black woman comes with its own set of hurdles and oddities, but one of the biggest oddities I have found since I have lived here for the past three years is the lack of black female/Chinese male couples. ...... Read More>>
Feb 05, 2011 Comments(0)
There appear to co-exist within the Chinese two very separate and distinct spheres of human interaction. The inner circle includes family members and close friends (often called 'shushu (uncle)' or 'ayi (aunt)' although they are not blood relations), for ...... Read More>>
Jan 21, 2011 Comments(1)
One of the most difficult parts for foreigners moving to China is leaving behind friends and family at home. And if you’re not living in a city with a large foreign population, meeting other foreigners and making friends can be difficult. However, one ...... Read More>>
Dec 22, 2010 Comments(2)
"If you haven’t married a Chinese man by the time you are 35, you should consider marrying a foreigner." This statement is not a joke. It’s not even entirely groundless. Unmarried Chinese women over the age of 28 are considered by ...... Read More>>
Dec 14, 2010 Comments(1)
Photo: quelquefois.net For me, China's fascination lies in the rapid change in attitudes, so rapid that parents are becoming ever more alienated from their children. Four years is considered a generation gap; it’s so uneven that huge differences may ...... Read More>>
Mar 09, 2010 Comments(0)
2010 Qualities for a New Alpha Female is Widely Circulated Online “2010 qualities for the new alpha female: she is a respectable hostess in the living room; is her own woman in the kitchen; knows how to kill & delete Trojan horses; is ...... Read More>>
Jan 08, 2010 Comments(0)
Every little girl, no matter where she comes from, dreams of her wedding day. The day when she will get to wear a white dress, have everyone dote on her and kiss the man of her dreams for the first time as a married couple. It’s just that not every ...... Read More>>
Dec 12, 2009 Comments(0)
In Part 1 of our China Online Dating Guide we decided that internet dating is no longer just for losers who never see the sun (which is good because this category would include most of the folks living in northern China right now) and the issues and ...... Read More>>
Nov 27, 2009 Comments(0)
Remember when it used to be weird, sad and pathetic to meet your significant other online? When the only folks using online dating services were types that don't "’shower on a daily basis’, or even ‘at all’" or ...... Read More>>
Nov 25, 2009 Comments(0)
Many foreigners spend months, if not years, in China without ever making any close Chinese friends. Others have many. We asked you: what are the biggest obstacles to friendships or relationships between foreigners and Chinese? Is it language, culture, ...... Read More>>
Nov 23, 2009 Comments(0)
Deciding to get married in China, the thoughts in your mind might not be only of conjugal bliss, but of what kind of wild legal hassle it will be to get two different countries to recognize the civil marriage. Will contact sports with two different ...... Read More>>
Nov 02, 2009 Comments(0)
Way back when my husband and I were first dating, our first argument was over the Japanese. I, having been raised in a liberal American family, was taught to equally respect all cultures, not to judge people by their backgrounds, and that there are no ...... Read More>>
Sep 26, 2009 Comments(3)
China's once strong tradition of marriage has been on the rocks for some time now, with divorce rates increasing every year since 2002, and reaching 2.3 million in 2008. Where once divorce was extraordinarily rare and required an employer's permission, now ...... Read More>>
Sep 21, 2009 Comments(0)
Untold thousands of inches of internet forum and web page screen space have been expended on the subject of dating Asian women and the subject never seems to be abated thanks to it being incessantly fuelled by the sweaty (sometimes sticky) keyboard ...... Read More>>
Sep 15, 2009 Comments(0)
The following blog article was written by Su Qin and published on a popular Chinese site ifeng.com. Once extremely rare – you had to ask your work unit for permission to separate from your spouse – divorce is becoming increasingly common in ...... Read More>>
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