After 5 years of marriage with a Chinese man, I had my first face massage in China. I never quite
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Category: Family
Fireworks, Firecrackers and Me—A Tradition Rooted in Family
I will always remember the first night I spent in China. Like most foreigners, I had never been in China
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Too Stressed for the Land of ‘Zen’: How China Taught Me to Be Chill
China is Zen. The aspect was the most striking when I arrived. Chinese people are calm. They go with the
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My ‘Mama Bear’ of a Chinese Mother-In-Law
I’ve heard both horror stories and tales of misunderstandings between Chinese mother-in-laws and their foreign daughter-in-laws. While misunderstandings between us
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My Mother-In-Law is Chinese—I Am Untouchable
If I tell you that my mother-in-law is Chinese, it probably does not ring any bell to the ears of
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Dear Ms. Wai: Worried About my Niece Marrying a Chinese National
Heres the deal… My niece is marrying a Chinese national. They are in college. He hasn’t expressed a desire to
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Our International Journey Through a Pandemic
When home is calling during a worldwide pandemic, which never seems to end, you do everything in your power to
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Married to a video game player: Game on or game over?
The video game industry has taken an exponential leap in the past few years with the development of new technologies.
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In Hong Kong, I’m Old
Once I when I was counseling a Chinese immigrant student in the US, I mentioned that I had gone back
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Do Asian Dramas Accurately Reflect Lives, Values of Asian People?
In recent years, Asian dramas have enjoyed a surge in popularity among people in the West. But do Asian dramas
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