Thinking about Chinese naming customs last week, I recalled how my husband, Erik, and I struggled to solve our own challenge: how could two non Chinese speaking people possibly give their daughter the appropriate [Chinese] name she deserved. Here’s our story.
Several months before we met our daughter, we received what …
It turns out that everyone who moves to China must adopt a Chinese name. When the people facilitating our move informed my husband of this, he immediately called me, “You need a Chinese name. The moving company says they will select one for you, but I thought you would want …
Elizabeth Kain is a freelance writer, based in Singapore with her husband and daughter. Prior to moving to SE Asia last August, she spent 10+ years living in London, Read More >>
