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How Are Age and Chinese New Year Connected?

Years ago, when I went to have my fortune read at the Shihlin Night Market in Taipei, the fortune-teller gave

I love Chinese New Year, but not just for the way the city I live in empties out as everyone

Years ago, when I made the serendipitous – and seemingly accidental – decision to come to China, I actually had

My favorite American holidays have always been the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving. I like them best because they don’t

When I had first met my husband, I knew that sharing our cultural traditions would be memorable. We came from

It’s an unusual experience being a foreigner in China. Living in Australia, a pretty multicultural country, I guess I generally

The velvety expanses of grass, and the rolling hills blanketed in oaks and maples still commanded my attention hours after

My nuclear family–mother and father who have been divorced for many years, and four adult siblings–live in four states and

During my days as a university student, I traveled quite a bit. Not overseas per se, however, moving from city

Last year, July 2017, I arrived in Shanghai for the second time to attend a graduate program. My parents do