In Hong Kong social media, an image recently circulated of Hong Kong’s Chief Executive, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-Ngor, with a
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Tag: cross-cultural relationships
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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Getting Past that Foreign Feeling (Again)
I’ve discovered that when you write a memoir about your marriage, you open yourself up to a lot of hard
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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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I Survived my First Book Launch: reflections of a publicity coward
As an introvert, I was terrified at the prospect of orchestrating a book launch and public events around the release
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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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Cultural Differences Come Home to Roost
One of the first things I noticed when I moved to China was that people in Beijing were very particular
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Dear Ms. Wai – Being Left Alone for Work
Dear Ms. Wai, I’ve been dating this Chinese man for a while, and we got serious pretty quickly. We both
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Dear Ms. Wai — Does He Like Me?
I’ve been dating with a Chinese guy for only few weeks now, and this is my first time to date
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Dear Ms. Wai – Cold War at the Dinner Table
Dear Ms Wai, I have learned through trial and error that my in-laws don’t like to try my home country’s
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