FAMILY
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Or to be more accurate, be better than an “elite” prostitute, says Malaysia’s newly formed Obedient Wives Club.
SIMONE ERASMUS-LAM
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Family pressures in Lao exacerbate trafficking.
IRIN
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The ultimate goal of having sons still exists in Hmong-American communities.
MAIBAO (MAIV NPAUJ)
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Running the annual gauntlet sometimes proves too much, what with the shrill music, the many rules and the red, red, red everywhere.
VIVIENNE KHOO
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Red is the new black, lo hei is the new high, and oranges are the only fruit. Welcome an age-old celebration that’s becoming funkier by the year.
CLARISSA TAN
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A mother writes a lovely letter to her daughter as she grows up.
COMFORTABLY NAM
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I wept for the stylish woman who loved to dress up, the talented cook who wanted to eat but couldn't.
YUKO MASKAY
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He was my long-awaited sibling, but in one stroke he had taken away all the attention from me. God, I so resented him.
PURBA RAY
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Even if the one-child policy were revised, the Chinese might still shy from producing more children.
BERLIN FANG
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The store owner is really nice, and we get chatting. A bald guy and a chubby round faced grocer make good gossip buddies!
THE BALD GUY
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The store owner is really nice, and we get chatting. A bald guy and a chubby round faced grocer make good gossip buddies!
THE BALD GUY
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If you think women are the ones that need protection in a marriage, read this and think again.
THE BALD GUY
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In the hospital with her dengue-stricken daughter, a woman writes about, among other things, hope.
INDIAN HOMEMAKER
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She was 17 when she wrote this; young, confident and looking forward to her future. A year later Tejaswee Rao is dead, a victim of dengue fever.
TEJASWEE RAO
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For China’s 20somethings (a.k.a. “Little Emperors”), getting divorced has become a common part of growing up.
Ru Hua (Translated by Staff Writer)
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