Meeting my Chinese boyfriend's parents

I'm white, British and going to study the university of Salford next year (September 2016) I'm 18 years old and my boyfriend is an international student, he is Chinese and has lived in the UK for nearly 2 years (I've known him for 3 years) he is 20 years old and we are each other's first boyfriend and girlfriend. We have been in a relationship for nearly 9 months now and things are still great!

Next year, his parents might be coming to the UK. They know about me and are very excited as they have never met me in person and only I have spoke to them for a few minutes via QQ video call (QQ Is the like a Chinese substitute for Facebook)

I am very nervous, I know there are a lot of cultural differences between Chinese and English but that has never been an issue for us.

Is meeting his parents an important thing in China? Does it have a bigger meaning than just a casual meeting? I'm not about to ask him because I worry asking him will make him stressed if it is an important thing. Please may you help me? Thank you.

I'm half-Japanese who has had some experience meeting families of my Chinese friends. Even I managed to get along really well with the families, and that was with the huge tensions between Chinese and Japanese people.

Don't worry at all, Chinese prefer an informal, chatty atmosphere. In fact, being overly polite is considered rude since it makes you look icy and superior. The Chinese are super forgiving and since they know you aren't familiar with their culture, they'll welcome you without a problem. Feel free to talk about China, but stay away from politics and society. Asking/talking about the grand history of China always made my families light up. Even asking them to teach you some Chinese is fun and will make a lot of laughter.

To be on the very safe side, perhaps get them a little gift. It's a common custom in China for pretty much anything, and the gift doesn't need to be special at all. A tip would be to present it with two hands, and receive any gifts you might get with two hands as well.

Requirements:
1) Study at Oxbridge/Imperial/Warwick/Durham/LSE/UCL
2) Be a doctor/laywer/engineer.

^ Good luck !

Respect to this Chinese guy for snapping up a white British girlfriend without any problems. I always thought white girls avoided Asian guys like the plague. I'm British Asian and it's happened to me more times than I care to remember, so I'm impressed that an international student has managed to do it.

Respect to this Chinese guy for snapping up a white British girlfriend without any problems. I always thought white girls avoided Asian guys like the plague. I'm British Asian and it's happened to me more times than I care to remember, so I'm impressed that an international student has managed to do it.

I'm Chinese and I would say that mainlanders tend to be fairly judgemental. I suggest making sure you understand at least the basics of the Chinese culture.
Do not ever meet and greet them empty-handedly. Like the other person said, always have a small gift for them and present it with both hands as a sign of respect. If you go for dinner, make sure they sit at the heads of the table. Don't address them using their first names unless they tell you you can

If you go for dinner, eat everything, my brother in law got extra brownie points for wolfing down everything at dinner when my sister brought him home.

Oranges and satsumas and popular gifts when visiting someone because their colour is similar to gold and a sign of prosperity.

I don't think me (the girl) would really give a good impression if I ate everything, I can't do that anyway due to an eating issue I recently got over I struggle finishing average meals.

Also, I read that in China you always leave s little food otherwise it is rude because the person cooking didn't provide enough food to satisfy you

I met him in China and after about two years of knowing him I asked him on a date and we started our relationship from there. I don't see why people would avoid that type of relationship, granted he is my first every boyfriend but I'm very happy with him. It's the same with him too, first girlfriend and he is happy

Well this just seems like the complete opposite to all my impressions and experiences of relationships. No girl, especially not a white British girl, would go to a country like India, Pakistan or Bangladesh, meet a man and start a relationship with him. So it really surprises me that you met your bf in China. AND you asked him out on a date? That's actually shocking, I've never ever heard of a girl asking a guy out before.

Well this just seems like the complete opposite to all my impressions and experiences of relationships. No girl, especially not a white British girl, would go to a country like India, Pakistan or Bangladesh, meet a man and start a relationship with him. So it really surprises me that you met your bf in China. AND you asked him out on a date? That's actually shocking, I've never ever heard of a girl asking a guy out before.