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A BLOG ABOUT LOVE, FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIPS IN CHINAABOUTPRESSFAVORITE POSTSBLOGS I LIKEBOOKS I LIKECONTACT Starting a family in China can be a unique adventure, especially for cross-cultural couples. A native of Denmark, Simon Gjeroe shares his own foray into the world of parenting with his Chinese partner through his new book Made in China: A memoir of Marriage and Mixed Babies in the Middle Kingdom, which is published by Earnshaw Books. RACISM IN 'ELEANOR & PARK' NOVEL NOT STOPPING FILM The YA novel Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell features a white girl and a biracial Korean boy falling in love in high school. While this sounds like just the kind of book I’d embrace and promote on this blog, Eleanor & Park is actually rather racist. And now it’s getting made into a movie, which has renewed the criticism of racism in the book, as noted in an article about the movie on Vice: MANDARIN LOVE: BREAKING UP (IN CHINESE) Mandarin Love: Breaking Up (In Chinese) Blame it on moving. One day, just before my husband and I hit the road — and left Idaho in our rearview mirror — I joked with him, “Finally, we’re breaking up with Idaho.”. Then I got to thinking about breaking up, and the idioms people use in Chinese to talk about it. Sure, I’m happily YUNG WING, CHINA'S 1ST OVERSEAS GRADUATE, FINDS LOVE Yung Wing, China’s 1st Overseas Graduate, Finds Love, Tragedy in US. Yung Wing (1828-1912) stands out in history as the pioneering overseas Chinese student, the first from China to graduate from an American university (Yale, class of 1854). He also went on to champion higher education for his fellow Chinese compatriots by establishing the INFIDELITY IN CHINA? DOESN'T MATTER TO MY MARRIAGE (photo by hjrosasq via Flickr.com) Not long ago, I received an e-mail from a reader with a Chinese partner inquiring about infidelity in China. While I cannot reveal the actual e-mail since I promised confidentiality, from reading between the lines I could sense this reader seemed worried about the potential for the partner to engage in extramarital affairs in China. MEN CAN MODEL LIPSTICK, AND STILL BE MEN That year, thanks to him, more than 3 million Kanebo lipsticks sold out within just two months, an unprecedented sales record stunning Japan. The article goes on to detail other Asian celebrities who became the face of other cosmetics brands and more. But it underscores the growing importance of men in marketing cosmetics. ON DATING CHINESE MEN -- OR WHY YOU SHOULDN'T JUDGE AFTER It always amazes me when people judge an entire population of people based on just one date alone. But people do it all the time — including the author of this blog post.. To be fair, I give her credit for going on a date with a Chinese man. INTERRACIAL DIVORCE AND ASIAN-WHITE COUPLES: IT'S NOT WHAT Well, it’s just that you would expect Asian-white couples to, at least, have a higher divorce rate than white-white couples, but that appears not to be the case and it holds true regardless of whether the Asian in the coupling is the husband or the wife. CHANGE YOUR NAME AFTER MARRIAGE IN CHINA? @ellis thanks for the comment! You know, my husband thought the idea of women having to change names a little strange. After all, ancestors are important to the Chinese — so losing the last name you were born with is like losing a connection to the past. 6 STUNNING CELEBRITY COUPLES OF ASIAN MEN & NON-ASIAN Actor Will Yun Lee (best known for his TV roles in Witchblade and Bionic Woman and on-screen roles for Die Another Day, Elektra and The Wolverine) was named one of People’s Sexiest Men Alive in 2007. His wife Jennifer Birmingham, a Hollywood actress as well, looks like a natural on the red carpet. Together, they make one stunning AMWF(Asian
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A couple weeks ago, I happened to share a Global Times article titled, “When a Chinese Man Loves a White Woman”, which mentioned me and this blog.Naturally, it generated some conversation on social media. One of the comments came from a guy, asking why the author hadn’t mentioned the preponderance of male foreigners as a reason for the rarity of couples of Western women and Chinese ‘A SINGLE SWALLOW’: ON THE WINGS OF A RESILIENT WOMAN AMID 'A Single Swallow' by Zhang Ling takes you to an E China village during WWII, where one woman touches the lives of others, including 3men who loved her.
ZHANG LING | SPEAKING OF CHINA Here’s Zhang Ling’s bio from Amazon:. Zhang Ling is the award-winning author of nine novels and numerous collections of novellas and short stories. Born in China, she moved to SARS VS COVID-19: COMPARING MY EXPERIENCES IN CHINA Nevertheless, for many people, SARS hadn’t penetrated that close to home. However, COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, has truly became a nationwide – and of course, now global – crisis, more so than SARS ever was. It has touched every single province or region of China, the worst of course in the epidemic center of Hubei province and 5 FASCINATING STEREOTYPES OF WESTERN WOMEN IN CHINA Stereotype #1: Western women are sluts and like to sleep around. (photo by Joel Gillman via Flickr.com) Many moons ago when I first set foot in China, I went with an American female colleague I’ll call Sheila to a nightclub just around the corner from the school where we taught. The plan was to relax over a few beers, maybe dance, and just ASK THE YANGXIFU: MY BOYFRIEND DOESN'T UNDERSTAND MY PAST Last summer, my husband worked with families in Shanghai whose small children had behavior problems. In one case, he saw the unmistakable mark of child abuse right on the thigh of one family’s little girl — a hand-shaped bruise. In the US, he would have been forced to report this to the authorities, as all psychologists must in theirwork.
ASK THE YANGXIFU: BIRTHDAY GIFTS FOR CHINESE MEN Give him a classic, metal-plated one to remember you by. Leather briefcase or messenger bag. This is a little more pricey than the other suggestions, and chances are, you can’t engrave it. Still, it’s practical, and he’ll love taking it to work everyday — which means he won’t forget you either. Buy at a department store. ARCADIO HUANG AND MARIE-CLAUDE REGNIER, THE FIRST AMWF What’s the earliest example of an AMWF couple in recorded history? That distinction might just go to Arcadio Huang and Marie-Claude Regnier, who married in Paris in 1713. CHANGE YOUR NAME AFTER MARRIAGE IN CHINA? @ellis thanks for the comment! You know, my husband thought the idea of women having to change names a little strange. After all, ancestors are important to the Chinese — so losing the last name you were born with is like losing a connection to the past. 6 STUNNING CELEBRITY COUPLES OF ASIAN MEN & NON-ASIAN Actor Will Yun Lee (best known for his TV roles in Witchblade and Bionic Woman and on-screen roles for Die Another Day, Elektra and The Wolverine) was named one of People’s Sexiest Men Alive in 2007. His wife Jennifer Birmingham, a Hollywood actress as well, looks like a natural on the red carpet. Together, they make one stunning AMWF(Asian
A BLOG ABOUT LOVE, FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIPS IN CHINAABOUTPRESSFAVORITE POSTSBLOGS I LIKEBOOKS I LIKECONTACT Starting a family in China can be a unique adventure, especially for cross-cultural couples. A native of Denmark, Simon Gjeroe shares his own foray into the world of parenting with his Chinese partner through his new book Made in China: A memoir of Marriage and Mixed Babies in the Middle Kingdom, which is published by Earnshaw Books. INFIDELITY IN CHINA? DOESN'T MATTER TO MY MARRIAGE (photo by hjrosasq via Flickr.com) Not long ago, I received an e-mail from a reader with a Chinese partner inquiring about infidelity in China. While I cannot reveal the actual e-mail since I promised confidentiality, from reading between the lines I could sense this reader seemed worried about the potential for the partner to engage in extramarital affairs in China. RACISM IN 'ELEANOR & PARK' NOVEL NOT STOPPING FILM The YA novel Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell features a white girl and a biracial Korean boy falling in love in high school. While this sounds like just the kind of book I’d embrace and promote on this blog, Eleanor & Park is actually rather racist. And now it’s getting made into a movie, which has renewed the criticism of racism in the book, as noted in an article about the movie on Vice: YUNG WING, CHINA'S 1ST OVERSEAS GRADUATE, FINDS LOVE Yung Wing, China’s 1st Overseas Graduate, Finds Love, Tragedy in US. Yung Wing (1828-1912) stands out in history as the pioneering overseas Chinese student, the first from China to graduate from an American university (Yale, class of 1854). He also went on to champion higher education for his fellow Chinese compatriots by establishing the MANDARIN LOVE: BREAKING UP (IN CHINESE) Mandarin Love: Breaking Up (In Chinese) Blame it on moving. One day, just before my husband and I hit the road — and left Idaho in our rearview mirror — I joked with him, “Finally, we’re breaking up with Idaho.”. Then I got to thinking about breaking up, and the idioms people use in Chinese to talk about it. Sure, I’m happily MEN CAN MODEL LIPSTICK, AND STILL BE MEN That year, thanks to him, more than 3 million Kanebo lipsticks sold out within just two months, an unprecedented sales record stunning Japan. The article goes on to detail other Asian celebrities who became the face of other cosmetics brands and more. But it underscores the growing importance of men in marketing cosmetics. ON DATING CHINESE MEN -- OR WHY YOU SHOULDN'T JUDGE AFTER It always amazes me when people judge an entire population of people based on just one date alone. But people do it all the time — including the author of this blog post.. To be fair, I give her credit for going on a date with a Chinese man. INTERRACIAL DIVORCE AND ASIAN-WHITE COUPLES: IT'S NOT WHAT Well, it’s just that you would expect Asian-white couples to, at least, have a higher divorce rate than white-white couples, but that appears not to be the case and it holds true regardless of whether the Asian in the coupling is the husband or the wife. 6 STUNNING CELEBRITY COUPLES OF ASIAN MEN & NON-ASIAN Actor Will Yun Lee (best known for his TV roles in Witchblade and Bionic Woman and on-screen roles for Die Another Day, Elektra and The Wolverine) was named one of People’s Sexiest Men Alive in 2007. His wife Jennifer Birmingham, a Hollywood actress as well, looks like a natural on the red carpet. Together, they make one stunning AMWF(Asian
CHANGE YOUR NAME AFTER MARRIAGE IN CHINA? @ellis thanks for the comment! You know, my husband thought the idea of women having to change names a little strange. After all, ancestors are important to the Chinese — so losing the last name you were born with is like losing a connection to the past. A BLOG ABOUT LOVE, FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIPS IN CHINAABOUTPRESSFAVORITE POSTSBLOGS I LIKEBOOKS I LIKECONTACT Starting a family in China can be a unique adventure, especially for cross-cultural couples. A native of Denmark, Simon Gjeroe shares his own foray into the world of parenting with his Chinese partner through his new book Made in China: A memoir of Marriage and Mixed Babies in the Middle Kingdom, which is published by Earnshaw Books. INFIDELITY IN CHINA? DOESN'T MATTER TO MY MARRIAGE (photo by hjrosasq via Flickr.com) Not long ago, I received an e-mail from a reader with a Chinese partner inquiring about infidelity in China. While I cannot reveal the actual e-mail since I promised confidentiality, from reading between the lines I could sense this reader seemed worried about the potential for the partner to engage in extramarital affairs in China. RACISM IN 'ELEANOR & PARK' NOVEL NOT STOPPING FILM The YA novel Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell features a white girl and a biracial Korean boy falling in love in high school. While this sounds like just the kind of book I’d embrace and promote on this blog, Eleanor & Park is actually rather racist. And now it’s getting made into a movie, which has renewed the criticism of racism in the book, as noted in an article about the movie on Vice: YUNG WING, CHINA'S 1ST OVERSEAS GRADUATE, FINDS LOVE Yung Wing, China’s 1st Overseas Graduate, Finds Love, Tragedy in US. Yung Wing (1828-1912) stands out in history as the pioneering overseas Chinese student, the first from China to graduate from an American university (Yale, class of 1854). He also went on to champion higher education for his fellow Chinese compatriots by establishing the MANDARIN LOVE: BREAKING UP (IN CHINESE) Mandarin Love: Breaking Up (In Chinese) Blame it on moving. One day, just before my husband and I hit the road — and left Idaho in our rearview mirror — I joked with him, “Finally, we’re breaking up with Idaho.”. Then I got to thinking about breaking up, and the idioms people use in Chinese to talk about it. Sure, I’m happily MEN CAN MODEL LIPSTICK, AND STILL BE MEN That year, thanks to him, more than 3 million Kanebo lipsticks sold out within just two months, an unprecedented sales record stunning Japan. The article goes on to detail other Asian celebrities who became the face of other cosmetics brands and more. But it underscores the growing importance of men in marketing cosmetics. ON DATING CHINESE MEN -- OR WHY YOU SHOULDN'T JUDGE AFTER It always amazes me when people judge an entire population of people based on just one date alone. But people do it all the time — including the author of this blog post.. To be fair, I give her credit for going on a date with a Chinese man. INTERRACIAL DIVORCE AND ASIAN-WHITE COUPLES: IT'S NOT WHAT Well, it’s just that you would expect Asian-white couples to, at least, have a higher divorce rate than white-white couples, but that appears not to be the case and it holds true regardless of whether the Asian in the coupling is the husband or the wife. 6 STUNNING CELEBRITY COUPLES OF ASIAN MEN & NON-ASIAN Actor Will Yun Lee (best known for his TV roles in Witchblade and Bionic Woman and on-screen roles for Die Another Day, Elektra and The Wolverine) was named one of People’s Sexiest Men Alive in 2007. His wife Jennifer Birmingham, a Hollywood actress as well, looks like a natural on the red carpet. Together, they make one stunning AMWF(Asian
CHANGE YOUR NAME AFTER MARRIAGE IN CHINA? @ellis thanks for the comment! You know, my husband thought the idea of women having to change names a little strange. After all, ancestors are important to the Chinese — so losing the last name you were born with is like losing a connection to the past.FOREIGNERS IN CHINA
A couple weeks ago, I happened to share a Global Times article titled, “When a Chinese Man Loves a White Woman”, which mentioned me and this blog.Naturally, it generated some conversation on social media. One of the comments came from a guy, asking why the author hadn’t mentioned the preponderance of male foreigners as a reason for the rarity of couples of Western women and Chinese SARS VS COVID-19: COMPARING MY EXPERIENCES IN CHINA Nevertheless, for many people, SARS hadn’t penetrated that close to home. However, COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, has truly became a nationwide – and of course, now global – crisis, more so than SARS ever was. It has touched every single province or region of China, the worst of course in the epidemic center of Hubei province and MANDARIN LOVE: BREAKING UP (IN CHINESE) Mandarin Love: Breaking Up (In Chinese) Blame it on moving. One day, just before my husband and I hit the road — and left Idaho in our rearview mirror — I joked with him, “Finally, we’re breaking up with Idaho.”. Then I got to thinking about breaking up, and the idioms people use in Chinese to talk about it. Sure, I’m happily 5 FASCINATING STEREOTYPES OF WESTERN WOMEN IN CHINA Stereotype #1: Western women are sluts and like to sleep around. (photo by Joel Gillman via Flickr.com) Many moons ago when I first set foot in China, I went with an American female colleague I’ll call Sheila to a nightclub just around the corner from the school where we taught. The plan was to relax over a few beers, maybe dance, and just MEN CAN MODEL LIPSTICK, AND STILL BE MEN That year, thanks to him, more than 3 million Kanebo lipsticks sold out within just two months, an unprecedented sales record stunning Japan. The article goes on to detail other Asian celebrities who became the face of other cosmetics brands and more. But it underscores the growing importance of men in marketing cosmetics. CHANGE YOUR NAME AFTER MARRIAGE IN CHINA? @ellis thanks for the comment! You know, my husband thought the idea of women having to change names a little strange. After all, ancestors are important to the Chinese — so losing the last name you were born with is like losing a connection to the past. ARCADIO HUANG AND MARIE-CLAUDE REGNIER, THE FIRST AMWF What’s the earliest example of an AMWF couple in recorded history? That distinction might just go to Arcadio Huang and Marie-Claude Regnier, who married in Paris in 1713. ASK THE YANGXIFU: BIRTHDAY GIFTS FOR CHINESE MEN Give him a classic, metal-plated one to remember you by. Leather briefcase or messenger bag. This is a little more pricey than the other suggestions, and chances are, you can’t engrave it. Still, it’s practical, and he’ll love taking it to work everyday — which means he won’t forget you either. Buy at a department store. ASK THE YANGXIFU: MY BOYFRIEND DOESN'T UNDERSTAND MY PAST Last summer, my husband worked with families in Shanghai whose small children had behavior problems. In one case, he saw the unmistakable mark of child abuse right on the thigh of one family’s little girl — a hand-shaped bruise. In the US, he would have been forced to report this to the authorities, as all psychologists must in theirwork.
‘LOVE BATTLE’ (爱情保卫战): CROSS-CULTURAL COUPLES COLLIDE IN 0:00. 0:00. 0:00 / 44:43. Live. •. Here’s a selection of a few other episodes of Love Battle (爱情保卫战) with international, cross-cultural couples if you’re curious and would like to watch: Episode 20140821, with a Kenyan man and a Chinese woman, and a Russian man and a Chinese woman. Episode 20151231, with a Chinese man and a A BLOG ABOUT LOVE, FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIPS IN CHINAABOUTPRESSFAVORITE POSTSBLOGS I LIKEBOOKS I LIKECONTACT Starting a family in China can be a unique adventure, especially for cross-cultural couples. A native of Denmark, Simon Gjeroe shares his own foray into the world of parenting with his Chinese partner through his new book Made in China: A memoir of Marriage and Mixed Babies in the Middle Kingdom, which is published by Earnshaw Books.BLOGS I LIKE
Chinese Men + Western Women Personal Stories. 1,000 Days in China. A Broad Abroad. A Georgia Peach Blossoming in China. A Koala Girl in a Panda World. Adventures in Asia. Albert Chan (the romantic Asian guy) AMWF Couple. Anna Recommends. FONG SEE | SPEAKING OF CHINALISA SEE FAMILY TREE Lisa See’s great-great-grandfather Fong See, a Chinese immigrant who emerged as one of the wealthiest businessmen in LA’s Chinatown, is the heart of her memoir On Gold Mountain.Yet it’s Letticie “Ticie” Pruett, a white woman from Oregon who becomes his partner in marriage and business, who stands out as one of the most pivotal individuals in Fong See’s life. INFIDELITY IN CHINA? DOESN'T MATTER TO MY MARRIAGE (photo by hjrosasq via Flickr.com) Not long ago, I received an e-mail from a reader with a Chinese partner inquiring about infidelity in China. While I cannot reveal the actual e-mail since I promised confidentiality, from reading between the lines I could sense this reader seemed worried about the potential for the partner to engage in extramarital affairs in China. YUNG WING, CHINA'S 1ST OVERSEAS GRADUATE, FINDS LOVE Yung Wing, China’s 1st Overseas Graduate, Finds Love, Tragedy in US. Yung Wing (1828-1912) stands out in history as the pioneering overseas Chinese student, the first from China to graduate from an American university (Yale, class of 1854). He also went on to champion higher education for his fellow Chinese compatriots by establishing the MOKSAD ALI | SPEAKING OF CHINA Moksad Ali was one of the earliest to settle in New Orleans. Moksad Ali and the other peddlers, in order to sell their goods, they played up their South Asian-ness, their Indian-ness. They played to the fantasies of the exotic East that the tourists who they were selling to expected. At the end of the day, however, they were dark-skinnedmen in
RACISM IN 'ELEANOR & PARK' NOVEL NOT STOPPING FILM The YA novel Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell features a white girl and a biracial Korean boy falling in love in high school. While this sounds like just the kind of book I’d embrace and promote on this blog, Eleanor & Park is actually rather racist. And now it’s getting made into a movie, which has renewed the criticism of racism in the book, as noted in an article about the movie on Vice: ASK THE YANGXIFU: MY BOYFRIEND DOESN'T UNDERSTAND MY PAST Last summer, my husband worked with families in Shanghai whose small children had behavior problems. In one case, he saw the unmistakable mark of child abuse right on the thigh of one family’s little girl — a hand-shaped bruise. In the US, he would have been forced to report this to the authorities, as all psychologists must in theirwork.
ASK THE YANGXIFU: BIRTHDAY GIFTS FOR CHINESE MENGIFTS FOR CHINESE MENCHINESE GIFTS FOR MENGIFTS FOR CHINESE FAMILYBEST GIFTS FOR CHINESEGIFTS FOR CHINESE FRIENDSGIFTS FOR CHINESE PEOPLE Give him a classic, metal-plated one to remember you by. Leather briefcase or messenger bag. This is a little more pricey than the other suggestions, and chances are, you can’t engrave it. Still, it’s practical, and he’ll love taking it to work everyday — which means he won’t forget you either. Buy at a department store. SUZHOU'S WEDDING GOWN STREET Are you engaged in China? Consider a visit to Suzhou’s Wedding Gown Street, where bridal beauty of your dreams is a bargain. My tailor-made dress, pictured above, cost only 400 RMB, including a bridal veil and gloves. A BLOG ABOUT LOVE, FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIPS IN CHINAABOUTPRESSFAVORITE POSTSBLOGS I LIKEBOOKS I LIKECONTACT Starting a family in China can be a unique adventure, especially for cross-cultural couples. A native of Denmark, Simon Gjeroe shares his own foray into the world of parenting with his Chinese partner through his new book Made in China: A memoir of Marriage and Mixed Babies in the Middle Kingdom, which is published by Earnshaw Books.BLOGS I LIKE
Chinese Men + Western Women Personal Stories. 1,000 Days in China. A Broad Abroad. A Georgia Peach Blossoming in China. A Koala Girl in a Panda World. Adventures in Asia. Albert Chan (the romantic Asian guy) AMWF Couple. Anna Recommends. FONG SEE | SPEAKING OF CHINALISA SEE FAMILY TREE Lisa See’s great-great-grandfather Fong See, a Chinese immigrant who emerged as one of the wealthiest businessmen in LA’s Chinatown, is the heart of her memoir On Gold Mountain.Yet it’s Letticie “Ticie” Pruett, a white woman from Oregon who becomes his partner in marriage and business, who stands out as one of the most pivotal individuals in Fong See’s life. INFIDELITY IN CHINA? DOESN'T MATTER TO MY MARRIAGE (photo by hjrosasq via Flickr.com) Not long ago, I received an e-mail from a reader with a Chinese partner inquiring about infidelity in China. While I cannot reveal the actual e-mail since I promised confidentiality, from reading between the lines I could sense this reader seemed worried about the potential for the partner to engage in extramarital affairs in China. YUNG WING, CHINA'S 1ST OVERSEAS GRADUATE, FINDS LOVE Yung Wing, China’s 1st Overseas Graduate, Finds Love, Tragedy in US. Yung Wing (1828-1912) stands out in history as the pioneering overseas Chinese student, the first from China to graduate from an American university (Yale, class of 1854). He also went on to champion higher education for his fellow Chinese compatriots by establishing the MOKSAD ALI | SPEAKING OF CHINA Moksad Ali was one of the earliest to settle in New Orleans. Moksad Ali and the other peddlers, in order to sell their goods, they played up their South Asian-ness, their Indian-ness. They played to the fantasies of the exotic East that the tourists who they were selling to expected. At the end of the day, however, they were dark-skinnedmen in
RACISM IN 'ELEANOR & PARK' NOVEL NOT STOPPING FILM The YA novel Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell features a white girl and a biracial Korean boy falling in love in high school. While this sounds like just the kind of book I’d embrace and promote on this blog, Eleanor & Park is actually rather racist. And now it’s getting made into a movie, which has renewed the criticism of racism in the book, as noted in an article about the movie on Vice: ASK THE YANGXIFU: MY BOYFRIEND DOESN'T UNDERSTAND MY PAST Last summer, my husband worked with families in Shanghai whose small children had behavior problems. In one case, he saw the unmistakable mark of child abuse right on the thigh of one family’s little girl — a hand-shaped bruise. In the US, he would have been forced to report this to the authorities, as all psychologists must in theirwork.
ASK THE YANGXIFU: BIRTHDAY GIFTS FOR CHINESE MENGIFTS FOR CHINESE MENCHINESE GIFTS FOR MENGIFTS FOR CHINESE FAMILYBEST GIFTS FOR CHINESEGIFTS FOR CHINESE FRIENDSGIFTS FOR CHINESE PEOPLE Give him a classic, metal-plated one to remember you by. Leather briefcase or messenger bag. This is a little more pricey than the other suggestions, and chances are, you can’t engrave it. Still, it’s practical, and he’ll love taking it to work everyday — which means he won’t forget you either. Buy at a department store. SUZHOU'S WEDDING GOWN STREET Are you engaged in China? Consider a visit to Suzhou’s Wedding Gown Street, where bridal beauty of your dreams is a bargain. My tailor-made dress, pictured above, cost only 400 RMB, including a bridal veil and gloves. CORONAVIRUS: MY BREAD FLOUR SHORTAGE POINTS TO CURIOUS And we’re not talking about just one type of Xinliang bread flour. Every single darned variety — white flour for bread, whole wheat flour, cake flour — in every single size — from 5 kilograms right down to 500 grams — is unavailable. The online flagship store for Xinliang on Alibaba’s Tmall provided even less reassurance. MANDARIN LOVE: BREAKING UP (IN CHINESE) Mandarin Love: Breaking Up (In Chinese) Blame it on moving. One day, just before my husband and I hit the road — and left Idaho in our rearview mirror — I joked with him, “Finally, we’re breaking up with Idaho.”. Then I got to thinking about breaking up, and the idioms people use in Chinese to talk about it. Sure, I’m happily “WHAT WILL THEY THINK?” THE FEAR OF BEING SEEN AS A Yet, in another sense, I also realize that facing my worst fear – what others who love me will think – could also be my salvation. That sometimes, you have to face the darkness and plunge right into it, instead of just running away (which tends to be my knee-jerk reaction to things I am afraid of). 5 FASCINATING STEREOTYPES OF WESTERN WOMEN IN CHINA Stereotype #1: Western women are sluts and like to sleep around. (photo by Joel Gillman via Flickr.com) Many moons ago when I first set foot in China, I went with an American female colleague I’ll call Sheila to a nightclub just around the corner from the school where we taught. The plan was to relax over a few beers, maybe dance, and just MEN CAN MODEL LIPSTICK, AND STILL BE MEN That year, thanks to him, more than 3 million Kanebo lipsticks sold out within just two months, an unprecedented sales record stunning Japan. The article goes on to detail other Asian celebrities who became the face of other cosmetics brands and more. But it underscores the growing importance of men in marketing cosmetics. MADH MAMA | SPEAKING OF CHINA Alexandra, the white Canadian blogger behind Madh Mama, thought all of the ignorant comments about her marriage to a South Indian man would end once they had a child. But they didn’t, and it has been one of the biggest challenges for her — especially as hearing things abouther
ARCADIO HUANG AND MARIE-CLAUDE REGNIER, THE FIRST AMWF What’s the earliest example of an AMWF couple in recorded history? That distinction might just go to Arcadio Huang and Marie-Claude Regnier, who married in Paris in 1713. INTERRACIAL DIVORCE AND ASIAN-WHITE COUPLES: IT'S NOT WHAT Well, it’s just that you would expect Asian-white couples to, at least, have a higher divorce rate than white-white couples, but that appears not to be the case and it holds true regardless of whether the Asian in the coupling is the husband or the wife. THE MAGICAL WORLD OF JANET DENEEFE AND KETUT SUARDANA IN As summer vacation has begun, this time of enchantment, love and travel feels like the perfect time to focus on a couple whose lives truly symbolize the spirit of the season — Australian Janet DeNeefe and Balinese Ketut Suardana, the duo behind some of the most magical dining and hospitality businesses in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. GERMAN ESTHER HAUBENSACK, A CHINA TV STAR, MARRIED BEIJING A screenshot from “Wailai Xifu, Bendi Lang” featuring Esther Haubensack as Diana. German Esther Haubensack (Hao Lianlu, 郝莲露) is best known in China as the American wife Diana in the popular Chinese TV series “Wailai Xifu, Bendi Lang” (外来媳妇本地郎), which has aired since 2000 and tells the story of a Chinese family in Guangzhou with four sons and their“outside
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ASK THE YANGXIFU: BIRTHDAY GIFTS FOR CHINESE MENGIFTS FOR CHINESE MENCHINESE GIFTS FOR MENGIFTS FOR CHINESE FAMILYBEST GIFTS FOR CHINESEGIFTS FOR CHINESE FRIENDSGIFTS FOR CHINESE PEOPLE Give him a classic, metal-plated one to remember you by. Leather briefcase or messenger bag. This is a little more pricey than the other suggestions, and chances are, you can’t engrave it. Still, it’s practical, and he’ll love taking it to work everyday — which means he won’t forget you either. Buy at a department store. SUZHOU'S WEDDING GOWN STREET Are you engaged in China? Consider a visit to Suzhou’s Wedding Gown Street, where bridal beauty of your dreams is a bargain. My tailor-made dress, pictured above, cost only 400 RMB, including a bridal veil and gloves. A BLOG ABOUT LOVE, FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIPS IN CHINAABOUTPRESSFAVORITE POSTSBLOGS I LIKEBOOKS I LIKECONTACT Starting a family in China can be a unique adventure, especially for cross-cultural couples. A native of Denmark, Simon Gjeroe shares his own foray into the world of parenting with his Chinese partner through his new book Made in China: A memoir of Marriage and Mixed Babies in the Middle Kingdom, which is published by Earnshaw Books.BLOGS I LIKE
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RACISM IN 'ELEANOR & PARK' NOVEL NOT STOPPING FILM The YA novel Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell features a white girl and a biracial Korean boy falling in love in high school. While this sounds like just the kind of book I’d embrace and promote on this blog, Eleanor & Park is actually rather racist. And now it’s getting made into a movie, which has renewed the criticism of racism in the book, as noted in an article about the movie on Vice: ASK THE YANGXIFU: MY BOYFRIEND DOESN'T UNDERSTAND MY PAST Last summer, my husband worked with families in Shanghai whose small children had behavior problems. In one case, he saw the unmistakable mark of child abuse right on the thigh of one family’s little girl — a hand-shaped bruise. In the US, he would have been forced to report this to the authorities, as all psychologists must in theirwork.
ASK THE YANGXIFU: BIRTHDAY GIFTS FOR CHINESE MENGIFTS FOR CHINESE MENCHINESE GIFTS FOR MENGIFTS FOR CHINESE FAMILYBEST GIFTS FOR CHINESEGIFTS FOR CHINESE FRIENDSGIFTS FOR CHINESE PEOPLE Give him a classic, metal-plated one to remember you by. Leather briefcase or messenger bag. This is a little more pricey than the other suggestions, and chances are, you can’t engrave it. Still, it’s practical, and he’ll love taking it to work everyday — which means he won’t forget you either. Buy at a department store. SUZHOU'S WEDDING GOWN STREET Are you engaged in China? Consider a visit to Suzhou’s Wedding Gown Street, where bridal beauty of your dreams is a bargain. My tailor-made dress, pictured above, cost only 400 RMB, including a bridal veil and gloves. CORONAVIRUS: MY BREAD FLOUR SHORTAGE POINTS TO CURIOUS And we’re not talking about just one type of Xinliang bread flour. Every single darned variety — white flour for bread, whole wheat flour, cake flour — in every single size — from 5 kilograms right down to 500 grams — is unavailable. The online flagship store for Xinliang on Alibaba’s Tmall provided even less reassurance. MANDARIN LOVE: BREAKING UP (IN CHINESE) Mandarin Love: Breaking Up (In Chinese) Blame it on moving. One day, just before my husband and I hit the road — and left Idaho in our rearview mirror — I joked with him, “Finally, we’re breaking up with Idaho.”. Then I got to thinking about breaking up, and the idioms people use in Chinese to talk about it. Sure, I’m happily “WHAT WILL THEY THINK?” THE FEAR OF BEING SEEN AS A Yet, in another sense, I also realize that facing my worst fear – what others who love me will think – could also be my salvation. That sometimes, you have to face the darkness and plunge right into it, instead of just running away (which tends to be my knee-jerk reaction to things I am afraid of). 5 FASCINATING STEREOTYPES OF WESTERN WOMEN IN CHINA Stereotype #1: Western women are sluts and like to sleep around. (photo by Joel Gillman via Flickr.com) Many moons ago when I first set foot in China, I went with an American female colleague I’ll call Sheila to a nightclub just around the corner from the school where we taught. The plan was to relax over a few beers, maybe dance, and just MEN CAN MODEL LIPSTICK, AND STILL BE MEN That year, thanks to him, more than 3 million Kanebo lipsticks sold out within just two months, an unprecedented sales record stunning Japan. The article goes on to detail other Asian celebrities who became the face of other cosmetics brands and more. But it underscores the growing importance of men in marketing cosmetics. MADH MAMA | SPEAKING OF CHINA Alexandra, the white Canadian blogger behind Madh Mama, thought all of the ignorant comments about her marriage to a South Indian man would end once they had a child. But they didn’t, and it has been one of the biggest challenges for her — especially as hearing things abouther
ARCADIO HUANG AND MARIE-CLAUDE REGNIER, THE FIRST AMWF What’s the earliest example of an AMWF couple in recorded history? That distinction might just go to Arcadio Huang and Marie-Claude Regnier, who married in Paris in 1713. INTERRACIAL DIVORCE AND ASIAN-WHITE COUPLES: IT'S NOT WHAT Well, it’s just that you would expect Asian-white couples to, at least, have a higher divorce rate than white-white couples, but that appears not to be the case and it holds true regardless of whether the Asian in the coupling is the husband or the wife. THE MAGICAL WORLD OF JANET DENEEFE AND KETUT SUARDANA IN As summer vacation has begun, this time of enchantment, love and travel feels like the perfect time to focus on a couple whose lives truly symbolize the spirit of the season — Australian Janet DeNeefe and Balinese Ketut Suardana, the duo behind some of the most magical dining and hospitality businesses in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. GERMAN ESTHER HAUBENSACK, A CHINA TV STAR, MARRIED BEIJING A screenshot from “Wailai Xifu, Bendi Lang” featuring Esther Haubensack as Diana. German Esther Haubensack (Hao Lianlu, 郝莲露) is best known in China as the American wife Diana in the popular Chinese TV series “Wailai Xifu, Bendi Lang” (外来媳妇本地郎), which has aired since 2000 and tells the story of a Chinese family in Guangzhou with four sons and their“outside
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Posted on June 2, 2021June 1, 2021 ‘MADE IN CHINA: A MEMOIR OF MARRIAGE AND MIXED BABIES IN THE MIDDLE KINGDOM’ – EXCERPT _Starting a family in China can be a unique adventure, especially for cross-cultural couples. A native of Denmark, Simon Gjeroe shares his own foray into the world of parenting with his Chinese partner through his new book Made in China: A memoir of Marriage and Mixed Babies in the Middle Kingdom , which is published byEarnshaw Books. _
_It’s my pleasure to introduce you to this book through thefollowing excerpt._
_You can learn more about Simon Gjeroe and Made in China: A memoir of Marriage and Mixed Babies in the Middle Kingdom at Simon’s website . The book Made in China: A memoir of Marriage and Mixed Babies in the Middle Kingdom is available at Amazon, where your purchases help support this site._ ------------------------- The first time I really started to consider my life as a prospective father was when I was around twenty-two or twenty-three years old. One day, as I was staying in a small village in the southern province of Guangxi, I chanced upon an old soothsayer from the Yi ethnic minority who I still remember vividly. She stood only about 1.5 meters (less than five feet) tall, had more wrinkles than a Chinese Shar-pei puppy, and only a few crooked teeth left in her mouth, all stained a reddish-black, dyed from years of chewing betel nuts. She wore a big black turban with her white hair sticking out, and a cape over a simple blue and reddish set of clothes. Around her neck, dangling from her long earlobes, and wrapped around her wrists were elaborate and lovely pieces of silver jewelry. I believe (maybe naively) that I was the first foreigner she had ever set her beady black eyes on. She looked directly at me for a while and then took my left hand and turned it over and looked at my palm with a concentrated look on her face. Then she started to tell me what my future would be. Maybe because of the betel in her mouth or because she spoke only limited and broken Chinese, and my Chinese was very far from perfect at the time, I did not understand that much. However, what I did understand was that I would live to be 88 years old, and father no less than four children. After she finished predicting my future, almost to underscore her divination, she spat a red chunk of saliva on the ground dangerously close to my feet and left. Fu and I had been trying for children for some months (Fu had long since given up smoking), even before we were married (please don’t tell anyone), but since nothing had really happened and considering we were both already in our mid-thirties, we began to wonder if everything was okay down there. This included me visiting a very local hospital to have ‘my everything’ looked at thoroughly, while struggling to keep the door closed to prevent people from peeking in. Ultimately, I was prescribed something probably derived from a poor dead animal or a fast-disappearing exotic forest somewhere in Southeast Asia. It wasn’t fair on my little boys to stand trial on such a hot and humid August day in Beijing anyway. Then I did what probably quite a few Chinese, but very few foreigners, would consider normal. I invited a couple of friends out for a meal at the local restaurant called Guolizhuang, which translates into something like “the contents of the pot will make you strong”. Here we were shown into a small private room for a dinner consisting of mainly animal genitalia, which, according to Chinese beliefs, should increase male potency. To be more precise, a set menu which had been given the poetic name “The Essence of the Golden Buddha” was presented to us and it included not only ox, sheep and dog penis and testicles, but also a floating turtle and a sprinkle of seahorses. To my surprise, it was really tasty, although the dog penises were a little like eating a really old gummy bear. The waitress politely explained that our female companion should avoid eating the testicles, because it could give her both a deeper voice and even a beard. But she added that the penises would be fine for her to eat. Harmless or not, I have to say that I was very sceptical to begin with, but I must admit that for the next twenty-four hours after we had finished our exotic meal, I have never felt so energized. I might sound weird, but I really felt like a ball of pure energy was streaming out from my belly and through my whole body. Animal genitalia or exotic forest plants, whatever the reason, something happened down there and just one month after our December wedding, Fu came to me one day with the delightful, but shocking news that she waspregnant.
------------------------- _Many thanks to Simon for sharing this excerpt! You can learn more about Simon Gjeroe and Made in China: A memoir of Marriage and Mixed Babies in the Middle Kingdom at Simon’s website . The book Made in China: A memoir of Marriage and Mixed Babies in the Middle Kingdom is available at Amazon, where your purchases help support this site._ Posted on May 26, 2021May 25, 2021 ‘WHEN IN VANUATU’ FINDS PARADISE IN HEALING TIES THAT BIND Globetrotting through the pages of books has long been a favorite pastime for many. And with post-pandemic restrictions, more of us have turned to vicarious travel, often via novels, to satisfy our wanderlust and curiosity about the world. So you might say I made my first “trip” to a certain South Pacific destination, thanks to reading Nicki Chen’s latest novel _When inVanuatu_ .
Inspired by the time she and her husband lived in the Philippines and Vanuatu, the story follows Diana, a trailing spouse troubled by infertility after years of living abroad. _When in Vanuatu_ dispels the notion that moving to a warmer, tropical climate promises an idyllic existence. But it also stands as a reminder of the redemptive and healing power of friendships, wherever we are in the world. Armchair sojourners will delight in the details, from delicious specialties at the dinner table to divine beaches, and find much to ponder in its narrative as well. It’s my pleasure and honor to introduce you to _When in Vanuatu_ through this interview with Nicki Chen.
Here’s Nicki’s bio on Amazon : _Nicki Chen was born in Sedro-Woolley, WA, in 1943. While studying at Seattle University, she met her future husband, a Chinese engineer. They lived for a time in her hometown, but before their third daughter was a month old, his new job took them to a new home in the Philippines. They didn’t return to the United States to stay for another twenty-two years. While abroad, Ms. Chen earned an MFA in Creative writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts, a feat that required nearly round-the-world travel twice every year. In 1983 she visited Xiamen, China, her husband’s birthplace and the setting for her first novel, Tiger Tail Soup._ _Ms. Chen has been an accomplished Chinese brush painter and a batik artist. Currently she lives in Edmonds, WA, and spends her time writing and traveling to visit her far-flung children andgrandchildren._
You can learn more about Nicki and her writing at her website Nicki Chen Writes . The novel _When in Vanuatu_ is available at Amazon , where your purchases help support thisblog.
------------------------- _WHAT WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR YOUR NOVEL?_ Before we moved to Vanuatu, I knew next to nothing about it—which, I suspect, is the case with most people in the world. But I was charmed by the country, by its beauty, its land and people. I thought it deserved to have a novel written about it. And I went from there. _THE PROTAGONIST OF YOUR NOVEL IS A TRAILING SPOUSE NAMED DIANA WHO IS GRAPPLING WITH INFERTILITY. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO EXPLORE INFERTILITY THROUGH YOUR NARRATIVE?_ Of the expatriate women I knew in Vanuatu, most had no particular reason for wanting to be there. They were simply trailing spouses. I wanted a character who chose to live in Vanuatu for herself and for the peace and beauty of the country. On a side note, the phrase “trailing spouses” was never used as far as I know during the time we were overseas (1971-1993). We were simply “Embassy wives” or “WHO wives” or “Bank of America wives,” etc. In my case: “an ADB wife.” But “trailingspouse” is apt.
_IN WRITING THIS NOVEL, YOU’VE DRAWN FROM THE TIME YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND SPENT LIVING IN ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC. WHAT ARE SOME FAVORITE MEMORIES FROM THAT TIME THAT ALSO MADE THEIR WAY INTO YOURNOVEL?_
The first thing that comes to mind is the weekend beach trips we took in the Philippines. My favorite was to Hundred Islands. It was mentioned in the novel, but, sadly, it didn’t work out for Diana and Jay and their friends. In Vanuatu, snorkeling at Hideaway Island was a favorite. I still remember the underwater landscape there, which came in handy when I wrote Diana’s snorkeling scene. Food I’ve eaten also made its way into the novel — the excellent churros y chocolate at Dulcineas in Makati, Clarita’s guinataang, halo halo especial. The restaurants and cafés in Port Vila are all based on places where I’ve eaten, although not necessarily the dishes Diana ordered. Manila has many wonderful restaurants. Diana and Jay made their own choices, though. _YOUR BOOK MARKS THE FIRST TIME I’VE EVER READ A STORY SET IN VANUATU. COULD YOU SHARE WITH US SOMETHING ABOUT VANUATU THAT HAS SURPRISED OR FASCINATED YOU?_ First of all: the people. Before we thought about moving to Vanuatu, I imagined all Pacific islanders as Polynesians. But the ni-Vanuatu, as they call themselves, are Melanesians, more closely related to the people in Papua New Guinea than those in Hawaii. Remnants of the colonial period. In the days when European sailing ships were exploring and colonizing the rest of the world, Vanuatu became the colony of two countries simultaneously, England and France. They called the result a condominium. (Some called it a pandemonium.) The colonizers set up two of everything: two flags, two police forces, two currencies, and two school systems. Vanuatu became independent in 1980, so they no longer have two flags, but they still have separate schools for English and French speakers. Language: Vanuatu has the highest density of languages per capita in the world with an average of only 1,760 speakers for each of the 113 indigenous languages. The official language, though, is Bislama, a creole language derived from English. It was developed during the period of “blackbirding” in the 1870s and ‘80s when ni-Vanuatu and other Pacific islanders were kidnapped or signed on as indentured laborers to work on plantations in Australia or Fiji. The men were thrown together with workers who spoke a variety of languages, so they developed a lingua franca based on English. Later they brought that language home withthem.
The language used in schools, however, is either English or French. _SEEKING ONE’S IDENTITY EMERGES AS A THEME IN THIS STORY. DO YOU THINK SEARCHING FOR ONE’S IDENTITY IS MORE CHALLENGING WHILE LIVING ABROAD, AND IF SO, WHY?_ At various times in our lives, we might feel a need to better understand or clarify our identity, or even to reinvent ourselves. That could happen at home or when living abroad. But yes, I do think it’s more difficult when living abroad. First, there’s the added question of deciding how much of one’s identity is tied up with the home country and all that implies. Am I an American (or Frenchman or Pakistani) who just happens to be residing in this foreign country? Or am I more interested in fitting in in that country? Or do I want to find my identity as a member of the international community, a cosmopolitan? The more difficult problem for a trailing spouse is her career. Her former career and a big part of her identity is unlikely to be available to her where she lives now, and the opportunities to create a new career are limited, especially in a developing country or a place where work permits for non-citizens are tightly restricted. _WHAT DO YOU HOPE PEOPLE GAIN FROM READING YOUR NOVEL?_ First of all, I hope readers will enjoy reading it. After all the lockdowns and quarantines during COVID, I hope they will enjoy some vicarious travel to a couple of interesting and beautiful Pacific island countries. And I hope the reader will benefit from the experience of living for a few hours in the characters’ skins, that they will laugh and cry with them and better understand the hopes and struggles of people like Diana and Jay and their expat friends. ------------------------- _Many thanks to Nicki Chen for this interview! You can learn more about Nicki and her writing at her website Nicki Chen Writes . The novel When in Vanuatu is available at Amazon , where your purchases help support thisblog._
Posted on May 21, 2021May 20, 2021 GUIYANG LEGAL CLINIC SERVES UP REMEDY OF JUSTICE – PUB’D ON CHINADAILY
China Daily just published my latest column titled Guiyang Legal Clinic Serves Up Remedy of Justice,
detailing my encounter with a legal aid clinic nestled within a community in Guiyang, Southwest China’s Guizhou province. Here’san excerpt:
> On a tour of the comprehensive service center for the Jinyuan > community in Guiyang, the capital of Southwest China’s Guizhou > province, the last thing I ever expected our guide to say was, > “This is our legal clinic.”>
> A red sign with the Chinese characters for “legal clinic “hung > just above the door, and inside, behind a desk, sat a middle-aged > man wearing a military green button-down shirt. As I peered inside, > I noted the curious smile on his face, as if he were just as > surprised to find a foreigner observing him from the hallway as I > was to discover this clinic. Never before had I seen a lawyer within > the walls of a community service center anywhere in the world.>
> “Pardon me, but could I ask you a few questions?” I said to him, > as I stepped into the clinic with an outstretched hand and my> fascination.
>
> He introduced himself as Liu Yuanhe, the head of the clinic’s > legal team and a retired soldier from the People’s Liberation > Army. While his career as a lawyer dated back to 1996, when he > passed exams to become certified in the profession, he had been > involved in legal aid service in the community over the past year. > Liu said the clinic, which had officially opened its doors in > January, helped people free of charge with anything at all involving > the law. While typical cases involved matters like contract disputes > and recovering unpaid wages, he emphasized they handled any legal > problem and would even file lawsuits, if needed, at no cost. In his > view, the work he did at the clinic was part of a selfless > dedication to give back to society.>
> Moreover, he stressed the importance of justice to people’s > well-being. “What do people want? They want some form of > happiness. What is the essence of happiness? I think it is a kind of > social fairness and justice.” Head on over to China Daily to read the full piece — and if you like it, share it! Posted on May 19, 2021May 18, 2021 HOW I GOT VACCINATED IN BEIJING, CHINA – PUB’D ON WWAM BAM The group blog WWAM BAM just published my piece titled How I Got Vaccinated in Beijing, China.
Here’s an excerpt: > “Immunization series completed.”>
> The words, in a pleasant shade of green, flashed in my health kit, a > confirmation that I had now joined the ranks of the fully vaccinated> in China.
>
> The fact that it proved easy and — almost — painless only > reinforced my reassurance.>
> So what was it like? Here’s the brief tale of how I got vaccinated> in Beijing.
Head on over to WWAM BAM for the full story. And
if you like it, share it! Posted on May 11, 2021May 11, 2021 ‘RABBIT IN THE MOON’ MEMOIR SHINES WITH UNIQUE TALE OF CROSS-CULTURAL LOVE AND LIFE IN HONG KONG If you asked me to name some of the most transformative experiences in my life, my post-graduation “detour” to China and, later, marriage to my Chinese husband would rank among them. This blog has been largely inspired by the push and pull of my own cross-cultural relationship and adopted home in China, leading to a plethora of posts that stand as a testament to the many moments, from embarrassing to exquisite, worth pondering when you love and live a littledifferently.
But imagine embarking on this adventure in your mid-40s, as agrandmother.
That’s the unique lens that Heather Diamond brings to her new memoir _Rabbit in the Moon_ , which follows how her cross-cultural marriage to a Hong Kong man and eventual moves (to Hawaii and later Hong Kong) which both challenged and changed her in the middle of life. Her experiences, detailed in lyrical prose, deeply resonated with me. But even if you’ve never loved someone across cultures or borders, there’s much to cherish in Heather’s tale of starting all over and learning to embrace a whole new way of living in her mid-40s, proving it’s never too late to reinvent yourself. At the same time, the story immerses you in a corner of Hong Kong few travelers and even locals have visited, making it ideal for armchair travelers. It’s my pleasure and honor to introduce you to Heather Diamond and her new memoir _Rabbit in the Moon_ throughthis interview.
Here is Heather’s bio from Amazon:
> Heather Diamond is an American writer living in Hong Kong. Her first > memoir, Rabbit in the Moon: A Memoir, will be released by Camphor > Press in May 2021. She is the author of American Aloha: Cultural > Tourism and the Negotiation of Tradition, and her essays have > appeared in (Her)oics: Women’s Lived Experiences of the Pandemic, > Memoir Magazine, Sky Island Journal, Waterwheel Review, Rappahannock > Review, Hong Kong Review, and New South Journal. You can learn more about Heather and follow her writing at her website HeatherDiamondWriter.com . The memoir _Rabbit in the Moon_ is available at Amazon, where your purchases help support this blog. ------------------------- _CAN YOU TELL US WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO WRITE THIS MEMOIR?_ Even before the current wave of anti-Asian violence in American, my central reason for writing was to share how being in an intercultural relationship and living in Hawaii and Hong Kong have changed my worldview. In the US, I taught multicultural literature and multiculturalism for years before I went to Asia, but being immersed in an international dormitory in Hawaii and a Chinese family in Hong Kong forced me to own up to my personal and cultural assumptions. When I went back to the US, I realized not everyone has the opportunity to see their culture from the outside by living in a space or country where you are not in the majority. If everyone had that experience, maybe we could all learn how to get along with each other. _WHAT’S THE STORY BEHIND THE TITLE?_ On the surface, it is a reference to the Chinese legend about Chang’e, the moon goddess, and the magical rabbit that assists her by pounding the elixir of immortality. It is also a reference to a scene in the book when my husband-to-be points to the full moon and asks if I can see the rabbit. When I tell him that all I can see is a man in the moon, he laughs and says you have to have Chinese eyes to see the rabbit. Ultimately, the title is a metaphor because the whole book is about my learning to see the world with Chinese eyes. We played with that idea for the cover by creating what looks like a traditional Chinese paper cut of a moon with rabbits and adding Hong Kong’s bauhinia blossoms alongside Hawaii monster leaves. _YOU FIRST MET YOUR HUSBAND, WHO IS FROM HONG KONG, WHEN YOU WERE IN YOUR FORTIES WITH A GRANDDAUGHTER. COULD YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE FLIRTING WITH A CROSS-CULTURAL RELATIONSHIP AT THAT AGE?_ My concept of age is relative because I’ve lived much of my life out of synch with my peers. I married the first time at eighteen, had my daughter at twenty, earned my BFA at thirty and my MA at forty. Being in midlife when I fell in love with my husband was exciting and made me feel young, but it also meant we both had a lot more to lose by making radical changes in our lives. I gave up a marriage and a house. I moved into an international dormitory with students half my age and became a student when I was used to being a teacher. It was disorienting and humbling to start over at everything, love included, in the middle of my life. _YOUR HUSBAND PLAYS A LEADING ROLE IN THIS MEMOIR, AND SO DOES HIS FAMILY IN HONG KONG. HOW DID HE FEEL ABOUT YOU WRITING THIS MEMOIR, AND IN WHAT WAYS DID HE SUPPORT YOUR ENDEAVORS?_ Probably nobody in their right mind would choose to live with or be related to a memoirist. Who wants to wonder if anything you say might be quoted to the world? That said, my husband has been totally supportive of my writing even when he might have chosen to keep some things about our life private. He has also helped me with the material in countless ways: translating, answering endless questions about Chinese culture, and pushing me to see beyond stereotypes. We’re both ethnographers and he’s just as interested in traditions as I am, so we always enhance each other’s view. _YOUR MEMOIR EXPLORES THE CULTURE SHOCK YOU FELT IN BECOMING PART OF YOUR HUSBAND’S FAMILY. DO YOU HAVE A CERTAIN MEMORY THAT STANDS OUT AS A CULTURE SHOCK STORY YOU’VE OFTEN TOLD TO OTHERS?_ Many of the scenes in the book started as anecdotes I told to friends before I ever considered writing them down. One of those friends told me to write down the story that I tell in the book’s prologue where I insisted on getting a jade bracelet on my first trip to Hong Kong. I thought it would be a romantic gift, but my future mother-in-law took over the shopping and paid for the bracelet. I was so flustered, I didn’t realize the bracelet would be permanent until after it was jammed onto my wrist. _WHAT DO YOU THINK MAKES CHEUNG CHAU SUCH A FASCINATING PLACE?_ Day trippers from Hong Kong go to Cheung Chau for seafood, the beach, and the annual Bun Festival. They enjoy the village environment because it is so different from the high rise glitz and tangle of Hong Kong Island. The pace is slower and the air is fresher, and behind the scenes many traditions are still observed that are no longer part of urban life. Of course, even those are changing, but for now it is still possible to witness religious and cultural practices on Cheung Chau that have been abandoned as the younger generation becomes more modernized and focused on material things. _COULD YOU SHARE WITH US WHAT YOU HOPE READERS WILL TAKE AWAY FROMYOUR MEMOIR?_
That’s a big question! I hope readers considering reinvention will realize that it’s never too late to change your life. I hope that readers in or contemplating being in an intercultural relationship will take away a survival tool or two. For example, I discovered that learning to laugh at myself—something I always resisted—was the only way I was going to weather the challenges of being so far outside my comfort zone. Sometimes being free entertainment is a good place to start. Ultimately, I hope readers will think about what we can learn when we get out of our own way and allow ourselves to be beginners in someone else’s culture. ------------------------- _Many thanks to Heather for this interview! You can learn more about Heather and follow her writing at her website HeatherDiamondWriter.com . The memoir Rabbit in the Moon is available at Amazon, where your purchases help support this blog._ Posted on April 28, 2021April 23, 2021 TRAVELING TO SW CHINA’S GUIYANG, NANNING THIS WEEK I’m already halfway through a trip to Guiyang in Guizhou province and also Nanning in Guangxi province. The visit has already shown me some of the highlights of Guiyang, an emerging big data hub in China. And now I’m gearing up to explore everything from foreign trade to local culture in Nanning. Since it’s a busy working trip, I’m taking a break from blogging. But don’t worry — I’ll be back next week with some photos offering a behind-the-scenes look at the experience. See you then! Posted on April 21, 2021April 21, 2021 ‘THE BOY WITH BLUE EYES’ BY TRAVIS LEE – BOOK INTERVIEW Over the years I’ve lived in China, the experiences I’ve recorded in my journals have served as rich material inspiring my own writing endeavors — including many a post on this blog. When you live in another country and culture, you’re constantly immersed in an environment that challenges you in each and every moment, often with questions of what might have been…if you had grown there, or even lived there under drastically differentcircumstances.
Author Travis Lee has frequently drawn from his own life in China — particularly Wuhan — in penning many of his own works, from the book “Expat Jimmy ” (featured here on the blog a few yearsback
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to his latest novella “The Boy with Blue Eyes .” It follows the eponymous child as he rambles through the streets of Wuhan, and stumbles into some shadowy characters along the way, all told in unconventional prose that mirrors the uncertain and dubious world swirling around him. It’s my pleasure to once again feature Travis Lee on the blog through this interview. Here’s Travis’ bio on Goodreads: “Travis
Lee lived in China for two and a half years. He currently lives in the States.” You can learn more about him and follow his work at his website . “The Boy with Blue Eyes ” is available on Amazon, where your purchases help support this blog. ------------------------- TELL US WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO WRITE THIS STORY. At Wuhan University, I lived in a small apartment much like the one the boy lives in. I was married, no kids at the time, but one day I thought, what if we had a child, and what if I had no residence permit, and we were scraping by illegally? The perspective of this child would be the most interesting, and challenging to write. I decided I would try to write it with no dialogue. I wanted people to picture a black & white world, minus the eyes, glowing blue against this background. The idea was there, but I didn’t start working on it until after I returned to the States. _THIS STORY IS WRITTEN IN AN UNCONVENTIONAL STYLE. COULD YOU TALK MORE ABOUT WHY YOU CHOSE TO PRESENT THE STORY IN THIS WAY?_ I had several false starts. I’d always get to the point where the boy makes it to the Information Market near Huazhong Normal University, and things would come to a standstill. After the third false start or so, I moved to the other books while ‘The Boy with Blue Eyes’ brewed in the back of my head. I believe real writing occurs subconsciously, and when we sit down to type, we’re receiving dictation from a higher part of our brain. During this time, I read ‘Last Exit to Brooklyn’, ‘Naked Lunch’ and ‘Manhattan Transfer’, and I decided to try the unusual style in the first two books with the sense of city of the third, and see if I could finish it. Plus, ‘The Journey through Nanking’ employs an offbeat style, and that was my first professional publication, so I thought, eh, why not? I wrote most of the first complete draft in Wuhan. I know people who’ve gone back and they talk about the development like it’s a good thing, but I hardly see the good in knocking down the old city to erect fields of highrises going for 20,000 RMB a square meter and mega-malls with ‘New World’ in the name–that slid easily into ‘The Boy with Blue Eyes’. One of the construction areas they visit is a real place; it’s the ruins of the backstreet serving the first university I worked at. For a while, I didn’t think I’d ever publish it, so I kept the first complete draft locked away on my hard drive, tinkering with ithere and there.
Then the pandemic hit. Shelter-in-place. And once I understood I wouldn’t have to try to impress some literary agent’s hypercritical slush reader, I went through and made the style even weirder, removing coordinating conjunctions, combining paragraphs, stuff like that, all while listening to Japanese music like Harumi Hosono’s ‘Paradise View’ and Muraoka Minoru’s ‘So’. I guess that’s a long-winded way of saying, The story demanded it. This book (like “Expat Jimmy”, which also was featured here on the blog) has characters falling into crime. Why did you decide to add some criminal elements to the story? The story naturally went in that direction. The gang of boys and the blue-eyed man had to be doing something, and serving the corrupt official is where we ended up. Also, the blue-eyed man’s relationship with the official shows that despite his pretentions otherwise, the blue-eyed man is very much outside the guanxi network–he’s an outsider just like the boy. _WHAT DO YOU HOPE READERS TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR BOOK?_ I hope the style allows you to experience the story rather than simply read it. Too many writing groups and writer’s workshops love to tell you what you can’t do: you can’t use a semicolon, you can’t use the past progressive, you must describe what your main character looks like–ignore all that. Don’t allow some writing group to admonish you into writing their style. It’s your story, not theirs, so experiment, experiment, experiment. Find your voice and stay true to yourself, regardless of what others consider “real” writing. An enjoyable story, and the realization that no one can dictate your style to you–experiment, experiment, experiment. Writing groups will admonish you to do things their way, they’ll tell you you can’t use a semicolon, you can’t use the past progressive, you must describe what your main character looks like–ignore all that, and stay true to yourself. ------------------------- _Thanks so much to Travis Lee for this interview! You can learn more about him and follow his work at his website . “The Boy with Blue Eyes ” is available on Amazon, where your purchases help support this blog._ Posted on April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 STOP AAPI HATE CO-FOUNDER + 13 ORGS SUPPORT JUN’S DISCRIMINATION CASE. HELP US FIGHT RACISM NOW. Racism and hate have sparked worldwide protests. But racism has long plagued countries like the US, and not just through street attacks. Racism also happens in education too. We’ve been fighting racism in education for over 5 years in US federal court, through my husband Jun Yu’s racial discrimination case, WHICH HAS GAINED THE SUPPORT OF THE CO-FOUNDER OF STOP AAPI HATE DR. RUSSELL JEUNG AS WELL AS 13 PROFESSIONAL AND LEGAL/CIVIL RIGHTSORGANIZATIONS .
Dr. Russell Jeung, co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate, plus the 13 organizations supporing Jun. Imagine if a university killed your career, abruptly, like someone pulling out an assault weapon and instantly gunning down all of the success you had built up over years. That’s what happened to Jun. Jun was a doctoral student in clinical psychology at Idaho State University with a 3.69 GPA who had already successfully defended his dissertation. But with no warning of risk of dismissal and no formal remediation as required by university policy, he was suddenly dismissed from the program in 2013 for the pretextual reason of “not making satisfactory progress”. The university’s own records show Jun was treated much worse than other students, who were warned and received formal remediation perpolicy.
And, as an expert testified, Jun was “a student whose assigned grades and evaluations across semesters was consistent with satisfactory progress”. Learn about case and share it with this infographic What happened to Jun was so egregious — and such an extreme violation of standards in the psychology field — that three psychology experts testified unopposed for him at trial, including Dr. Gerald Koocher, the author of the same ethics textbook the universityused to train Jun.
> “His dismissal, in this context, was frankly over the top, > unreasonable, unwarranted, and extremely detrimental to him.” > – Dr. Koocher, trial testimony (The university had no expert witnesses testifying at trial.) Now, four national psychology organizations — each representing different ethnic minority groups — support the testimony of Jun’s experts in a brief filed in court.
Nine legal and civil rights organizations, plus the co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate Dr. Russell Jeung, also back Jun’s discrimination case intwo other briefs .
Organizations have said Jun’s case highlights how racial discrimination against Asians can occur in education:
> “Mr. Yu’s experience exemplifies and exposes the pervasive ways > in which implicit bias and racial discrimination against Asians can > manifest in education and in the judiciary.” > _– Amicus brief>
> from Public Justice Center, Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and > Equality, Chinese American Progressive Action, Dr. Russell Jeung > (co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate), LatinoJustice and Chinese for > Affirmative Action_Dr.
Russell Jeung, co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate DR. RUSSELL JEUNG, CO-FOUNDER OF STOP AAPI HATE, SUPPORTS JUN’S CASE “IN FURTHERANCE OF HIS MISSION TO FIGHT RACISM AGAINST ASIANS AND ASIAN AMERICANS IN ITS MANY FORMS.” What happened to Jun reflects systemic racism and bias. More students could be harmed, unless we all stand strong together in solidarity andfight for justice.
Jun’s case could set a precedent to ensure students are treated fairly by universities and that future generations are not robbed of their careers and livelihoods because of institutional bias. The university doesn’t have to worry about paying attorney’s fees. Meanwhile, we have been under constant pressure to pay monthly legal costs for over 5 and a half years since September 2015. By forcing us to fight the case over so many years, piling up legal bills, the university is hoping that eventually we will run out of money and then give up. But Jun and I are determined to fight this injustice to the end. Andwe need your help.
Your donations can help cover the mounting attorney’s fees we’ve had to shoulder. And more importantly, by donating you are making a contribution to the anti-racism cause. When we take united action to support one another, we can help defeat the scourge of racism. Learn more at JusticeforJun.com . DONATE NOW TO HELP JUN FIGHT AGAINST RACISM.
HOW YOU CAN HELP:
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JUSTICEFORJUN.COM (has the mostdonation options)
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SHARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH THIS MESSAGE AND LINK (DON’T FORGET HASHTAG #JUSTICEFORJUN): _Co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate Dr. Russell Jeung + 13 orgs support Jun Yu, psych grad student who was systematically discriminated against by ISU. Support the fight against racial discrimination in education by supporting Jun. Donate: https://justiceforjun.com #JusticeforJun_ SHARE VIA EMAIL, FORUMS OR LISTSERVS WITH THIS MESSAGE: _Jun Yu has been fighting racism in education for over 5 years in US federal court through the discrimination case Jun Yu v. Idaho State University, which is now on appeal in the US 9th Circuit. Jun was systematically discriminated against in his clinical psychology doctoral program. Co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate Dr. Russell Jeung as well as 13 professional and legal/civil rights organizations support Jun in three amicus briefs filed in court._ _What happened to Jun reflects systemic racism and bias, and more students could be harmed if we don’t stand up. Help support the fight against racial discrimination in education by supporting Jun._ _The university has forced Jun into a long, exhausting and expensive legal battle, and he needs your help to fight this injustice. PLEASE DONATE NOW TO HELP SUPPORT THE FIGHT AGAINST RACISM: https://justiceforjun.com_ Posted on April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 TIME FOR FULL RECKONING WITH ANTI-ASIAN RACISM – PUB’D ON CHINADAILY
China Daily recently published my column titled TIME FOR FULL RECKONING WITH ANTI-ASIAN RACISM.
Here’s an excerpt: > The National Day of Action and Healing on March 26 was launched in > the United States to galvanize individuals, businesses and > organizations to take steps to tackle anti-Asian racism and hate > incidents. As organizers have called for efforts to make streets and > businesses safer for Asians, they’re also asking that business > leaders work to address the long-standing problem of anti-Asian > discrimination in areas such as the workplace.>
> I’m encouraged that people are also seizing this moment as an > opportunity to shine a light on the pervasive problem of anti-Asian > bias, which often acts insidiously through systems and institutions > and doesn’t usually produce the kind of shocking video footage > that commands more attention in the media.>
> The 2019 study Discrimination in the US: Experiences of Asian > Americans published in Health Services Research found 37 percent of > Asian adults said they had experienced racial discrimination. That > number jumped to 60 percent for the overseas Chinese in a recent > survey highlighted by the US-based World Journal in a March 26 > article. Such discrimination may not necessarily inflict physical > harm, yet can be devastating.>
> Imagine being prosecuted by the government for alleged espionage you > never committed. Racial profiling under the guise of national > security has long threatened the livelihoods of scores of Chinese > scientists in the US. Most are familiar with Wen Ho Lee, who was > later exonerated, but more recently many others have been wrongfully > targeted-including Cao Guoqing, Li Shuyu, Sherry Chen and Xi> Xiaoxing.
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> More often, though, anti-Asian workplace discrimination occurs in > subtle ways. Consider the news in February 2021 that Google agreed > to a settlement with the US Department of Labor, after an > investigation exposed problems including “hiring rate differences > “that impacted not only female but also Asian job seekers.>
> Meanwhile, Asian students can have their education and careers > harmed at the hands of instructors and faculty, who may disguise > racial animus behind pretextual explanations. Read the full article here.
And if you like it, share it! _Photo credit: John Englart – https://www.flickr.com/photos/takver/24802572641_ Posted on March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 ANTI-ASIAN HATE HAS ME RETHINKING OVERSEAS TRAVEL TO WEST, AND I’MNOT ALONE
It was over a week after the tragic shooting in Atlanta that left eight dead, including six Asian women, and yet Georgia was still on my mind as my husband Jun and I prepared dinner. “You remember our dream of doing a road trip around the US?” I mentioned to him while chopping veggies. “It’s hard to imaginedoing that now.”
I felt a wave of anxiety as I recalled our cross-country drive in the US in the summer of 2016,
which involved camping at small state parks scattered across the nation’s heartland, and even a night of sleeping in our car during a rainstorm. The idea of spending the night outside in a flimsy tent in a space where other people could see us — and, especially, my obviously Asian husband — suddenly appeared risky, in light of the rise in anti-Asian hate incidents. I’d already had this concern long before the incident in Atlanta, having followed the reports from Stop AAPI Hate and news of the most extreme violence, including Asian elders pushed to the ground and even dying from related injuries. Atlanta only heightened my apprehension. This doesn’t mean I won’t eventually travel back to the US to see family and friends. Eventually, once the pandemic is fully controlled and there aren’t the many other barriers that make travel impossibleor impractical
, I’ll make
plans for a visit. But the idea of embarking on a pleasure trip for two — just my husband and me — doesn’t appeal as much now. I don’t know about you, but it’s hard to appreciate the majesty of, say, the Grand Canyon when you’re worried that your spouse might get assaulted because of his race and national origin. And the thing is, I’m not alone in this. I recently came across a report titled ‘Anti-Asian Hate’ Big Obstacle for U.S. Tourism as China Outbound Travel Restarts,
which noted that “Friendliness to Chinese Travelers” has surged as the No 1 factor influencing these travelers’ willingness to tour overseas. The report added: > …this need not necessarily be sentiments held only by mainland > Chinese but Asians elsewhere, particularly those who are > Chinese-looking. A Booking.com survey finds that nearly 70 percent > of Asian travelers said friendliness of locals would factor into > their decision-making process, with 84 percent saying “personal > safety” would influence their choice of destination. The report also said travelers ranked Asia as their most preferred overseas destination, followed by Europe and then North America. I wonder, how many people in cross-cultural and interracial relationships here in Asia, like me, have also been rethinking the ways in which they might travel overseas with their Asian families in the West. How many more of us will put on hold those “dream travel” plans over safety concerns, opting for destinations within Asia or closer to home? _What do you think?_POSTS NAVIGATION
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