It was just an ordinary night in Shenzhen: we were hanging clothes on the small balcony of our “village” house
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Category: Love
Dating in This Time and at This Age
While many of our contributors are in relationship with men of Asian descent, I was divorced from my Mongolian husband
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Animal Love: Nature or Culture?
Fred, my Chinese husband and everyone’s favorite uncle, never wanted children and never considered having a pet. He is by
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The Mystery of Attraction
I have met people who declare themselves to have a particular type to which they are attracted. For example, not
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Dear Ms. Wai: Am I Being Culturally Insensitive?
Dear Ms. Wai, I have been dating a Chinese man for a little over a month now. We are both
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Summer BBQs: How My BF’s Family Warmly Welcomed Me
Before my boyfriend and I got together as a couple, I never knew what it felt like to have family
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Dear Ms. Wai – Online Dating with a Chinese Guy
Dear Ms Wai, I recently met a guy through Tinder in my own country and he’s from China. He is
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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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My Very COVID Holidays in the US (Or Why I’m Not a ‘Grinch’ This Year)
December is finally here and I’m actually looking forward to Christmas which contradicts how I generally feel about Christmas. For
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Two Months Later: Love, Adjustments, & Missing China
It has been more than two months since I arrived back to the US. Some days it feels like I’ve
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