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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Category: Family
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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Writing the Other: Intercultural Marriage, Orientalism, and Memoir
Like every new author, I’m both excited and worried about my story going out into the world. Writing a memoir
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Being Culturally, Not Religiously, Christian, Buddhist, Muslim…
Here in Turkey, where I live, we are currently subject to weeknight curfews and weekend lockdowns. They began at the
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Living to Eat
It takes us two hours—by bus, train, ferry, and foot—to get from our flat in Hong Kong’s New Territories to
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