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Posted on: The Wives of Gay Men
January 18, 2013 at 4:57 PM

In my experience, young Chinese are pretty tolerant to gay people nowadays. I told all my Chinese friends that I am gay, and nobody made a big deal out of it. There was even a Chinese bi girl (friend of a friend) who wanted to attend our marriage to see how a 'gay marriage' was like :-)

Somewhat older Chinese people I know had to get used to the idea of "同性恋“。 When I first told a friend who is in her forties that I was in love with a girl, she didn't understand that it was a real relationship, she thought it was just a close friendship that I had. And a friend of mine who is almost fifty doesn't really approve of gays, because of the "不孝有三,无后为大“ reason. 

When I went to a gay (girl only) bar in Shanghai with my wife, we noticed that there was a very strong tendency for them to form 'husband/wife' like couples: a rather masculine girl with a very feminine girl. That surprised us, as this is not the case in Holland.

Do you think gay marriage will be legalized in the next few years in China?

Posted on: Legalize It?
December 18, 2012 at 4:08 PM

在荷兰大麻虽然合法,但是拥有大量的大麻还是被禁止的。这样造成自相矛盾:coffeeshops可以卖大麻,但是他们的供应量只可以是很少的。

还有,很多市政府不喜欢外国人(所谓的“毒品游客”)来买大麻,也想禁止这一点。

Posted on: For the Love of Pale Skin
September 20, 2012 at 2:56 PM

脸基尼看起来实在太可怕!

Posted on: A Bad Temper
October 5, 2011 at 11:48 AM

I see! But if you keep your wedding quiet you miss all the 红包。。 ;-)

Posted on: A Business Lunch Invitation
October 5, 2011 at 11:46 AM

So does the fact that the client leaves without accepting the 'lunch treat' indicates that he isn't very interested in their products after all?

Posted on: A Bad Temper
September 26, 2011 at 1:03 PM

Is it easy in China to get divorced? In Holland it would take months, so it seems strange that his (good?) friend doesn't know he's divorced.

Posted on: The Great Four in China
August 28, 2011 at 2:48 PM

I think the latter part is just made up stuff by people that were jealous of the 四大美女,though

Posted on: Travel Wedding
August 23, 2011 at 11:40 AM

谢谢yarajeev!

Posted on: Travel Wedding
August 22, 2011 at 9:05 PM

下星期三我去中国度蜜月!:-)

Posted on: The Working Hours Policy
August 22, 2011 at 1:10 PM

So how late do you usually start working? Around 8.00 or around 10.00? :-)Chinesepod 真的实行了弹性工作制吗?