My ABC Mandarin Love Story 🇺🇸 | What I Learned About Chinese Culture & Communication 🇨🇳

Mandarin Lets Me Speak 🗣️ Marriage Taught Me What to Say 💍✨ American Born Chinese (ABC) Dream Girl & Cross-Cultural Communication Lessons

Fluent in Mandarin, but still misunderstood? This deeply personal episode explores how marrying someone from mainland China transformed my understanding of cross-cultural communication—beyond language and into the emotional heart of Chinese culture.

As an American-born Chinese (ABC), I thought I knew what it meant to be Chinese. I was wrong. From challenging my unconscious biases to uncovering the real meaning behind “我们是龙的传人” (We are descendants of the dragon), this episode shares five transformational lessons learned through love, conflict, and growth.

Whether you're in a cross-cultural relationship or doing business in China, this episode will help you elevate self-awareness, develop empathy, and comprehend what it truly means to communicate across cultures divides.

00:48:28 Between Two Worlds00:59:10 Generational ABC Podcast - Season 2 Ep.101:42:18 Introduction: Why Cultural Awareness Begins with Self-Awareness02:11:23 'We Are Descendants of the Dragon' (我们是龙的传人)03:00:08 Lesson 1: Awareness begins before words are spoken03:59:27 Lesson 2: Love challenges the biases you didn't know you had05:07:06 Lesson 3: It's not about language—It's all about culture06:34:21 Lesson 4: Perseverance is essential for personal growth07:30:07 Lesson 5: Personal relationships are the bridge to global awareness08:35:11 Closing Reflection: My Family Became My Why

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3AB8KEfpg-w&list=PLqdYzOcDsFHuqoiCoDQzDEjN8l0_kIuDP

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China Myth Podcast

China Myth Podcast is a self-produced immersion experience of my journey through the fascinating and misunderstood dilemmas of Chinese business culture - a reaction, a behavior, even a suggestion - and asks whether I could have achieved a better outcome with a different attitude, mindset, and approach. Because sometimes, learning how to listen is a lost art of communication.

• No. of episodes: 206
• Latest episode: 2025-06-19
• Business Entrepreneurship Management

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