Ask the Yangxifu: How to impress your Chinese bf's (or gf's) family during Chinese New Year – General

Do only Mandarin-speaking foreigners really feel like they belong in China? Or will foreigners always feel like outsiders, no matter how good our Chinese is?

That's the dilemma I encountered during an evening walk with a newly-arrived foreigner in Hangzhou.

Tips on how to survive a big, traditional Chinese wedding -- for a Western woman who isn't sure a big, traditional wedding is her style.

Chinese men interested in foreign women are daring to imagine a love and future different from many Chinese men. The question is, where can you dare to find her?

So, Chinese fellows, listen up -- here are some tips on where to go, and how to charm her.

When my Chinese husband awoke on Friday to news of the tsunami in Japan, he did something that, even a year ago, I could never have imagined. He wrote to one of his friends…in Japan. “I heard about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. I hope you and your family are well.”