Caitlin Rhodes explores the topic of cross-cultural relationships. Discover the day-to-day challenges couples face, and the highs and lows of multi-cultural family relations.
Caitlin Rhodes explores the topic of cross-cultural relationships. Discover the day-to-day challenges couples face, and the highs and lows of multi-cultural family relations.
Traditional Chinese culture has a lot of differences from western culture, so personally I don’t think gay marriage can be permitted by our law. Maybe Americans can accept gay marriage, but we Chinese have quite a solid traditional culture which tells us men and women are very different. I can’t even imagine what would happen if gay marriage were permitted in China. It might be permitted by Chinese law in the future, but there would be a lot of controversy.
Rebecca Parr and two expats in Beijing discuss dating and relationships in China. Different perspectives and strategies from the male and female guests create a lively, funny and heartwarming debate.
About our guests:
Zach Ebling is a freelance model, voiceover artist and English school headmaster. He is Korean American.
Stephanie Azuelos is a consultant in a law firm and part time dancer. She is French. She has had interesting experiences as a Western woman in the dating scene in Beijing.
A new term has become popular recently among Chinese Internet users: "naked marriage". And no, this isn't a kinky new trend. In fact it refers to people who go against the grain here in China and get married before they own things like a car or house and without all the trappings of a full on marriage ceremony. These couples are happy simply with a photo of the two of them and a marriage certificate.
The trend has caused a lot of debate here in China, where owning a house and a car are seen by many as prerequisites to marriage. The China Youth Daily website has carried out a poll on this subject, asking people whether or not they support the idea of a naked marriage.
Rebecca Parr and two expats in Beijing discuss dating and relationships in China. Different perspectives and strategies from the male and female guests create a lively, funny and heartwarming debate.
About our guests:
Zach Ebling is a freelance model, voiceover artist and English school headmaster. He is Korean American.
Stephanie Azuelos is a consultant in a law firm and part time dancer. She is French. She has had interesting experiences as a Western woman in the dating scene in Beijing.
More gay men and lesbian women are getting married here as they try to keep their parents happy without coming out of the closet. That's according to the China Daily newspaper. They say it's a growing trend within China's gay community – particularly in bigger cities like Beijing and Shanghai.
In today's Poll Position we look at a survey carried out on this subject by web portal douban.com. They surveyed 300 members of the gay community and found that 86 percent were thinking about taking part in a fake marriage. The survey also found that more gay men were considering fake marriages, then gay women.