Hi Ms. Wai, I’m a young female western woman currently teaching in China. I came in with no teaching experience,
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Tag: relationships
Dear Ms. Wai – He said/She said
Hi Ms Wai, I recently went to China to visit a paleontological institute there. As a student I met other
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Dear Ms. Wai- Valentine’s Day Overshadowed
Dear Ms. Wai, I know this is a stupid problem, but it’s bothering me and I was wondering if you
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Dear Ms. Wai — Is He Into Me?
Dear Ms. Wai, I recently started dating this 22year old Chinese man. We have been on two dates so
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Dear Ms. Wai — Too Fast and Too Slow
Dear Ms. Wai, I’m a Canadian in a fairly new relationship with a Chinese guy. I’m 31 and he’s 37.
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Sense of Place in a WWAM Relationship
Many years ago I moved to Hong Kong to study. I met a Chinese student and married him six months
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Dear Ms. Wai – Making the First Move
I’ve read your past columns about girls needing to be more brave and making the first move. I’m okay with
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When is the right time to let your child travel to Asia on his own?
When I divorced my first husband 17 years ago, the last thing I wanted was to let our two-year-old son
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Book Giveaway! “Instructions for Chinese Women and Girls” by Ban Zhao
When I was writing my memoir, Good Chinese Wife, my agent asked me to find some tongue-in-cheek quotes to add
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Mongolia: The Land of Manly Men?
“OohhhH!,” said the two young female Mongolian teachers, in stereo, as we walked across the parking lot towards the elementary school
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