Metro Beijing has interviewed some people who have dared to cross the East-West divide and find out for themselves.
Here is their anecdotal and nonscientific guidance to those who want to try out an exotic relationship.
Meet the interviewees:
Charles Davidson: A 28-year-old Australian, Davidson has been involved in a romantic relationship with a Chinese girl for the last year and a half.
Carl Martin (pseudonym): A French expat, 30, Martin has been living in Beijing for six years. He used to date a few Chinese girls, and broke up with his last Chinese girlfriend because they mutually decided they were "not getting along."
Way Lin: Lin, 23, has been dating an American photographer for more than a year, and is seriously considering getting married.
Cindy Dong: A Chinese teacher, 24, Dong has been dating a guy from Mexico for ten months, and is still in the stage of "trying to make things work."
Carrie Niu (pseudonym): A single Chinese girl who claims to be 26, Niu dated a few foreign men back in the days. She broke up with her American ex-boyfriend about one year ago.
Miah Wang (pseudonym): A Chinese girl, 27, whose American boyfriend will be transferred to another country in May.
Foreigners pick out the ugliest women.
Niu: I've seen those kind of couples on the street. Foreigners prefer those girls with oriental characteristics, which the Chinese might consider as ugly.
Dong: I am not that pretty, but girls like me still find foreign boyfriends… I didn't mean girls with foreigners are ugly! In fact, most of them have at least average looks.
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