Quick Tip: When you meet a Mainland lady be sure to give her more space than you would a woman back home. This will make her feel more comfortable with talking to you.

Check out what China Dating Coach 'Kane Vast' has to say to help you with dating in China. He works with expats at Pickup and helps guys from Mainland at Manup

If you read the introductions on CLM, many Chinese women (over the age of 30) will describe themselves as being 'traditional'.

Some chinese bloggers have also added a little to the discussion about 'real' Chinese women and 'virtuous' Chinese women through discussion of character and thought patterns.

The three worries of 2015 By Colin Speakman We hope for a better 2015 and I am an optimist.

However we have not started the new year well and there are three worries that will dog us as the year progresses.

One of our forum readers from Pakistan sent us a list of what he considers the ten most common complaints of Chinese girlfriends. But this is a very common demand of Chinese girlfriends.

Gareth is an Australian who has lived in Jiang Su, Su Zhou (Heaven on Earth) for a few years - he is a keen observer of the Chinese people, Chinese culture and the changes that are occurring in China at break-neck speed.

He can often be found on his a nightly 'perch' in front of his bar in the famous Bar Street in Suzhou, talking to the locals in his bad Mandarin, teaching the 'flower-selling girls' English, eating street food and smiling at the local chengguan (neighbourhood police).

Consider, too, the generational issue at play here: The lovely lady you’ve been crushing on’s parents and grandparents are the ones exerting that pressure to get married, even though she herself may not feel that she’s ready or interested.

That's because her grandparents' and possibly (depending on where in China she is from) her parents still value marital stability above all else in their time, given the instability and volatility of their eras.