Weddings in the Chinese countryside are expensive, and not just for the couple who is getting married. Recently, I had the unique opportunity to attend a wedding in China, and as a close friend of both families, I was expected to give a red envelope (hongbao 红包) to the blissful couple. And not just once. [...]
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Red Lanterns Float Over China as Spring Festival Ends (Video)
Posted by Robert Vance on February 12th, 2009
At first glance, they seem to be UFO’s but what are those red dots in the Chinese nighttime sky?
Why Single Mothers in China Are So Rare
Posted by Robert Vance on February 5th, 2009
I have never met a single mother in China. Not one. Do they exist? Sure, but even in a country of 1.4 billion people, they are few and far between. And if you do happen to run into a single mother, it is more than likely that she lost her husband through a divorce or [...]
Flowers for Guys in China?
Posted by Robert Vance on August 1st, 2008
If I was a girl, I suppose a few tears would have rolled down my pale cheeks when I returned to work yesterday. Sitting on my desk was a colorful boquet of beautiful flowers that a well meaning supervisor at Metro had prepared in order to welcome me back from my appendectomy. There is just [...]
