Articles by overseas ethnic Chinese women and girls.
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When I was 10, I wanted to be Jewish. I was in a Jewish elementary school. My parents were Jewish, my friends were Jewish, and my parents’ friends were Jewish.8 -
Overseas boarding school, Oxford/Cambridge/Stanford, Cantonese, Mandarin, and English fluency. He was a Chinese woman's (andher parents') dream come true. -
A review of Jolin Tsai's recent concert appearance in London, as part of a growing trend for so-called Mando-pop stars to stop over in the British capital. -
Homeless people are despicable. I hate being asked for money; I felt above them; and their odors made me vomit. Panhandlers and beggars are all scam artists. -
A sound piece on the Australian identity of young ethnic Chinese discovering that how they look like on the outside doesn’t always reflect what they feel inside. -
A taller woman with a shorter boyfriend discusses the female desire for a taller man, our reluctance to date shorter, and shares tips on kissing a shorter man. -
A Malaysian-Chinese female of above average height recounts her experiences growing up as a tall Asian girl...and falling in love with a shorter white man. -
A good Chinese girl raised to believe only the shameless sent their elders elsewhere, I was horrified my American boyfriend's grandpa lived in a nursing home. -
A good friend of mine – a true, blue Aussie sheila – has a thing for Asian guys. It annoys me when foreign women openly say Chinese guys simply aren’t attractive. -
I'm from Arcadia, California; "utopia" if you're a homogeneity-seeking Chinese-American family. My parents love this place. My high school is over 70% Asian. -
"Thai, Korean, and Vietnamese". Did this guy have an Asian fetish and just needed to add Chinese to his list of flavors he's sampled or was he really into me? -
I am an Asian woman with a white boyfriend. Without knowing anything about the circumstances of my relationship, what is your gut reaction to me? Do I suck? -
I told a white woman in her 40s my full background being born and raised in America to third-generation Chinese-Cambodian parents...and that was her response. -
If I'm one generation removed from China, my Mandarin sucks. If I'm four generations removed, my Mandarin is good. Oh, the difference a few generations make. -
I grew up without thinking about my Chinese background, but from my experience at university, YouTube and strangers on the street, I find myself being reminded. -
I was never called a yellow fruit, no, but was always seen as slightly different. I went from being the most Asian person in the room to, by far, the very least. -
Quiet Asian kid. Someone called me that while I was in university in Canada. I'm introverted, yes. I'm Asian, of Chinese descent, yes. But I hate that stereotype.
