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Soon after Deng Xiaoping started the economic reforms, prostitution which was previously almost invisible began its exponential growth in China. And today prostitution is not just a by-product of economic boom but the fully fledged and flourishing in

The Story of My Friend and Her Controlling Mother

Published on 2011-06-25 07:20:40

In one of the posts about Taiwanese women Kevin wrote that filial piety, one of the most important constructs of Confucian philosophy, is often used as means of control. In this case parents love their children not for themselves but only if they fit

Ten Popular But NOT Beautiful Chinese Female Singers

Published on 2011-06-20 17:21:33

In 2004 Shmuley Boteach – once a close friend of Michael Jackson – wrote an interesting comment about another pop-star, Madonna: Before Madonna, it was possible for women more famous for their voices than their cleavage – like the beautiful El

Ask Chinese Girls: When Chinese Girl is Thirty Years Old

Published on 2011-06-15 04:10:31

Few days ago LoveLoveChina was “accused” for not sticking to its credo. Toki_Wartooth - the regular reader of this blog and the member of Shanghai Expats forum - wrote that he is interested to know about Chinese girls from Chinese girls and not

Where’s Lysistrata? Taiwan’s Not-yet-dauntless Females – Part VI

Published on 2011-06-11 02:36:20

Series Epigraph “I want to tell her ‘Get over it. And whatever you do, please don’t give us a third book about your relationship with your mother. Writing’s supposed to be cathartic, not fixating.’” -- an American friend’s words after

Why Chinese Girls Don’t Want To Be Independent?

Published on 2011-06-07 17:01:07

In China itself, individualism is a somewhat unnecessary luxury for most people, it can even be something that causes a great many problems in many forms of relationships, no matter familial, personal or career related. An example which I have heard

Prostitution in China – Part I

Published on 2011-06-04 06:47:44

This kind of venues you can see in any big city of China. Located near a train or subway station they can be recognized by characteristic pink lighting, a sign in English saying “massage” and several scantily dressed and visibly bored girls sitti

I am Chinese American

Published on 2011-05-30 14:07:01

In the eyes of most of the world, I am solely a Chinese girl. “Where are you from” is a common conversation starter with random strangers, who, when I give them a true, but unsatisfactory answer, shake their heads and say “no, where are you RE

Where’s Lysistrata? Taiwan’s Not-yet-dauntless Females – Part V

Published on 2011-05-28 02:09:22

A =/= B (Part I)

Published on 2011-05-25 23:27:05

Clarifications Today is a special day. It’s the day the world changes and along with it your life. Today, something incredible has happened, something unprecedented in the history of the cosmos. The gods have come together to play a trick on us mo

Extramarital Affairs in China

Published on 2011-05-23 15:17:24

I am a 26 year old single American male who has lived in Guizhou province for about two years. My own dating episodes (read: misadventures) and general social observations have been discouraging but enlightening. They have led me to theorize about ho

Where Does China’s Standard of Beauty Come From?

Published on 2011-05-21 04:50:49

Trailing houses, cars, and travel, cosmetic surgery is the fourth most popular way that Chinese citizens spend discretionary income. Similar to Western cultures, it has become quite commonplace for Chinese women to get procedures done. It's estimated

The Modern Life of Shanghai Young Women

Published on 2011-05-18 13:19:01

In the last ten years or so Shanghai has gone through some huge changes in terms of infrastructure of the city and development in terms of architecture, commerce and trade. Ten years ago Shanghai was very different than it is today. While Shanghai

Ask Chinese Girls: Would Chinese Girl Date a Black Guy?

Published on 2011-05-16 15:29:24

Here is another post from the series “Ask Chinese Girls” featuring the translated answers of Chinese netizens to the question asked by LoveLoveChina readers (through Formspring). This time the question is directly related to inter-racial dating

Where’s Lysistrata? Taiwan’s Not-yet-dauntless Females – Part IV

Published on 2011-05-14 02:41:13

Chinese Are More Shy To Buy Condoms Than To Have Sex

Published on 2011-05-11 19:59:25

Imagine that you work for some local newspaper. And tomorrow is the World AIDS Day. Editor gives you a task to compose a thematic crossword for the entertainment section. Crossword where all words are somehow related to AIDS. Now, I ask you to take a

Your Chinese Girlfriend’s Parents and You

Published on 2011-05-08 13:59:05

So you’ve finally landed the Chinese girl of your dreams and you’ve met her parents. Now what? Hopefully you’ve made a good impression on them. And God help you if you didn’t. Let’s say things didn’t go so well and you get the evil eye wh

Ask Chinese Girls: Troubles Finding a Boyfriend

Published on 2011-05-06 18:10:44

This is the first installment of “Ask Chinese Girls” series. Idea for these series was inspired by Kaiwen - the member of LoveLoveChina forum – who suggested me to check out the Formspring platform where users can create a page through which o

Dating and Marrying Chinese Girls

Published on 2011-05-02 15:59:06

The Challenges of Inter-racial / inter-cultural Relationships Anyone who’s ever been part of an inter-racial couple will know how it can be a headache on occasion; not only do you have to deal with curious looks on the street from other people, bu

Where’s Lysistrata? Taiwan’s Not-yet-dauntless Females – Part III

Published on 2011-04-30 02:31:43

Beauty Tax For Foreigners Marrying Chinese Women

Published on 2011-04-27 21:01:05

Just one month ago I posted a translation of one scholar’s paper in which he compared Asian fetish with pedophilia. Today I want to present the translated paper of another “scholar” (this time from Chinese) who makes a very unusual proposal reg

Love Through Actions

Published on 2011-04-25 18:34:26

My Chinese wife rarely says "wo ai ni" (“I love you”). One day at dinner I remarked offhand that I had worn holes in a pair of socks. It was just one pair; God knew I had plenty more at home. She showed up the next day with a new pair. Like I s

Where’s Lysistrata? Taiwan’s Not-yet-dauntless Females – Part II

Published on 2011-04-22 16:06:19

Some Weird Things Chinese Women Do After Giving Birth

Published on 2011-04-18 14:18:29

About two months ago my friend Zeng gave birth to a baby daughter. Just like most Chinese girls she wanted to have a child immediately after getting married but there were some medical problems and it took few years before she finally became mother.

Where’s Lysistrata? Taiwan’s Not-yet-dauntless Females – Part I

Published on 2011-04-14 16:28:10

“What do you think our biggest problem in Taiwan is?” my Chinese-language teacher asked. I blinked, shifting back in my chair. “I don’t know,” I said. “I’ve only been here six weeks.” She was already on to her answer, though. “I

Few Tips on Choosing the Chinese Dating Site

Published on 2011-04-12 13:30:10

As you might know from some of my previous posts, I maintain a profile on ChineseLoveLinks dating site which I use to gather some statistical information. As someone who doesn’t use it for the sake of dating itself, I pay attention at things which

Chinese Women and One Child Policy

Published on 2011-04-06 17:52:45

During a recent telephone conversation with my mom, she mentioned that few months ago she started receiving a monthly payment (about 50 RMB) for the fact that I am the only child in family. But if my parents wouldn’t comply with the one child polic

Ten Stories About Materialistic Chinese Girls

Published on 2011-03-31 20:19:43

What kind of impression do people have about Chinese girls? Some time ago I wrote a post summarizing the most widespread adjectives used by foreigners to describe us. It’s not surprise that in the poll (included in that post) most readers regarded

Why Chinese Men/White Women Couples Are Rarer Than White Men/Chinese Women?

Published on 2011-03-27 07:05:34

Interracial dating and marriage is a natural phenomenon in the countries where people of different races live together. Of course, the proportion of interracial couples is smaller than in the imaginary experiment where partners are paired in a totall

Is Yellow Fever an Expression of Pedophilic Tendencies?

Published on 2011-03-22 12:35:37

In July 2005 ”Times Higher Education” posted the information about academic scandal that arose in Stockholm University. Tobias Hübinette – the doctoral student from Department of Oriental Languages - was barred from a conference because of his

Is Korean fashion similar to Chinese?

Published on 2011-03-19 06:15:22

Expats living in China notice many ways in which the Middle Kingdom is different from their homeland. However, some of these peculiarities are not merely Chinese and can be witnessed in other Asian countries as well. One of my Facebook friends (than

Do Chinese Have Virgin Complex?

Published on 2011-03-14 17:29:14

Last year some schools in Yunnan introduced a new course on sex education. “No Apologies in This Life” is not a usual course. It is the product of partnership between the regional Ministry of Education and the American Christian group “Focus on

The Dangers Of Dating A Communist Yellow

Published on 2011-03-08 16:08:55

Foreign invaders are trying to penetrate our beautiful God given land by way of promises of a submissive and obedient house wife. You see, modern American women have been brainwashed into thinking they are equals to males and they think they can leav

How Chinese Girls Lose First Kiss

Published on 2011-03-06 03:42:48

Among the blog readers who recently contacted me, there were two guys who felt anxious about the moment when it would come to kissing. “Are there any special rules?” / “Should I avoid doing certain things?” I can only imagine that to some pe

Top Ten Chinese Cities With Beautiful Girls – Revisited

Published on 2011-02-26 19:42:39

More than one year ago Chinahush published a translation of article which graded 10 Chinese cities with the most beautiful girls. For each city there was a photograph of some well-known Chinese woman who comes from it. But how can any city prove its

Why Chinese Girls Wear Rubbish Underwear?

Published on 2011-02-23 02:44:00

The title of this post is inspired by one blog reader who left comments to the poll that compared Chinese and Western women wearing cheongsam (qipao). Let me quote that comment: “Crystal, you should do a post on why Chinese women wear such rubbish

My Quest for a Chinese Wife

Published on 2011-02-16 12:17:22

My story began few years ago. Ironically, it was a very dark period in my life: no job, dog died, no girl. No real future at all. Then, out of nowhere I meet this beautiful Russian woman from Jordan browsing through Craigslist. Some time and few hun

Long Distance Relationship

Published on 2011-02-10 13:08:52

Many of my blog readers are involved in long distance relationship. There is no doubt that lengthy separation presents a serious challenge for lovers and not every couple passes the test. As someone who has the first-hand experience, I’d like to gi

Problems with mother-in-law

Published on 2011-02-01 17:26:26

In-laws, and more specifically mothers-in-law, can be a thorn in the side. This problem is ubiquitous in all cultures and Chinese are not exception. In China, however, it is aggravated by the fact that parents often live in proximity with their sons

Chinatown Women – Part II

Published on 2011-01-26 16:56:39

This is the second part of the article. Read the first part here. Bad daughters Cantonese-American women who date white men are almost always considered questionable by other Chinatown Cantonese. Even if they marry the man there is something clearl

Chinatown Women – Part I

Published on 2011-01-24 15:18:20

A colleague of mine years ago dated a Cantonese woman. Once, when we were talking, he asked me what I thought of his girlfriend. Unfortunately there is no right way of responding to such a question. I tried to wave it off diplomatically – "she’s

Western and Chinese Women in Qipao

Published on 2011-01-19 10:33:08

My constant readers already know that I love qipao. This summer I am going to visit my family in China and one of the things on my to-do list is to buy a new qipao. But don’t think that I’m fixed on the idea of Chinese symbolism of this dress. A

Who takes care of kids in China?

Published on 2011-01-11 17:16:07

The married couples in China have a big pressure from the nuclear family to quickly give birth to a baby. Because the childless spouses are nothing more but “lovers in law”. Sometimes it seems that young Chinese families produce offspring just to

LoveLoveChina 2011

Published on 2011-01-06 17:26:45

New Year is the period when people make two things: summaries and plans. This is also something I want to do in regards of this blog. LoveLoveChina (let’s abbreviate it as LLC) was started almost a year ago; you can see that the first welcome post

How to hook up with Chinese women

Published on 2010-12-27 18:06:58

I’ve dated a lot of Asian women, from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and all over the world. The only thing I can tell you for sure is that Chinese girls are tricky. To figure them out, I analyzed all of my past relationships, from one night stands, to

Chinese dumplings four hands

Published on 2010-12-24 07:28:56

My fiancé likes to make plans. One time he spent few hours compiling a long list of different activities that we can do together. “I put this paper on the bookshelf” – he declared proudly after loudly reading all the items – “Whenever we

Perfectly Beautiful Chinese Face

Published on 2010-12-02 17:16:07

What makes beautiful face to look beautiful? During humanity’s long history many people, including scientists and artists, tried to find an answer to this question. One of the features that most agreed upon was the importance of facial symmetry. A

Ladder Theory and Chinese Girls

Published on 2010-11-25 16:05:04

Just like with any case of human interactions, there are many attempts to create theoretical frameworks for attraction between sexes. The quality of different theories explaining attraction can be measured in two aspects: 1) How well they explain ce

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