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April 8, 2021 Life / Life in Asia

A Strange New Land: How I Adjusted to Life in China

When I first happened to find myself in China, I was completely unprepared for the huge gap between mine and

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March 30, 2021 Culture / Family / Life in Asia / Life in the West / Media Watch / Movies / Relationships / Traditions

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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March 16, 2021 Life / Traveling

Why It’s Hard to Leave China to Visit Family Abroad Amid Pandemic

“When are you coming home?” Recently, my family asked if I might return to the US sometime later this year,

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February 4, 2021 Culture / Life in Asia / Traditions

Not Home for the Holidays: An Unusual Chinese New Year

The Chinese saying of “moneyed or not, return home for Chinese New Year” (有钱没钱回家过年, yǒuqián méi qián huíjiā guònián) endures

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February 2, 2021 Christmas / Culture / Family / Life in Asia / Life in the West / Mongolia / Religion / Traditions / Turkey

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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January 28, 2021 Culture / Husband / Life in Asia / Love

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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January 19, 2021 Culture / Life in Asia / Life in the West / Moving / Uncategorized

Wait, Reverse Culture Shock is Real?

I didn’t believe in reverse culture shock until I experienced it for myself. Everyone knows about culture shock — that

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January 7, 2021 Culture / Life / Life in Asia / Traditions

Nothing But Dragonwell Tea for Me, Please

Among the rituals I observe every morning when I arrive bleary-eyed to work, nothing perks up my senses more than

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January 5, 2021 Life

2021: Our Wishes and Dreams for New Year

We’ve just said farewell (or good riddance!) to 2020, a year marked by unprecedented and unusual challenges that have affected

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December 15, 2020 Culture / Life in Asia / Traditions

The Asian Secret to Look Younger Longer

Since I was a child, I was always fascinated by how the skin and the appearance of Asians looked so

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