The pure pink resilience of the lotus blooms dazzled us on our late summer walks this year in Hangzhou, including by the city’s renowned West Lake. Photo Essay: Blossoming Summer Memories of ...
https://www.speakingofchina.com/china-articles/photo-essay-lotus/
In early December, China eased restrictions to open up, and soon COVID-19 ripped through my workplace. China’s COVID Surge Stunned Me, But I Still Dodged the Virus | Speaking of China - Buil...
https://www.speakingofchina.com/china-articles/china-covid-surge/
People in China often assume my husband Jun and I are a "translator and foreigner", not a couple. And sometimes, we just go along with it. People Assume We’re ‘Foreigner & Translator’ in ...
https://www.speakingofchina.com/china-articles/foreigner-translator-in-china/
American Apryl Reagan, a singer and actress in Beijing, and Ma Yinliang tied the knot with the help of strangers in a special wedding ceremony. US-China Couple Weds in Beijing with a Little Hel...
https://www.speakingofchina.com/china-articles/us-china-couple-weds-in-beijing/
You know your Chinese New Year holidays have hit a low point when you end up doubled over in the emergency room with an IV drip, praying you won’t vomit. Why Spending Chinese New Year With Fa...
I was raised in the Midwestern US. Yet now I live in China's countryside with my Chinese husband and his family, where I've learned some surprising things. 8 Surprising Things I’ve Learned fr...
My Chinese family, including my husband, prefers that I stay around the home here in China. They say it's for my safety...but it's for theirs too. Why my Chinese family wants the foreign daught...
https://www.speakingofchina.com/china-articles/chinese-family-wants-yangxifu-around-home/
Though I still equate the word “invitation” with notice, I'm learning to appreciate the beauty in a sudden invite, like my big uncle's dinner in China. On Invitations and the Dinner We Neve...
https://www.speakingofchina.com/china-articles/invitations-dinner-never-expected/
John's Grandma has never hugged or kissed me, nor told me she loves me. But these days -- and especially after this dinner -- I’ve never felt closer to her. My Chinese Grandma, Frying Up Rice...
https://www.speakingofchina.com/china-articles/chinese-grandma-frying-rice-noodles-lots-love/
It's March 8 -- International Women's Day -- and time for an update to my list of blogs by Western women who love Chinese men! 2013 Blogs by Western Women Who Love Chinese Men | Speaking of Ch...
https://www.speakingofchina.com/yangxifu-pride/2013-blogs-by-western-women-who-love-chinese-men/