Asian Singles’ Dating

. SINGAPORE / The Straits Times / SE Asia / September 28, 2009 RAWANG, Malaysia WHEN she was practicing law, Kartini Maarof once went beyond the call of duty for her divorce client. She arranged for Rohaya Mohamad, a mother of seven, to be married again - to Ms Kartini's own husband. The spouse they have shared for a decade is 43-year-old Ikramullah Ashaari, who has four wives and 17 children. His 72-year-old father has 38 offspring from five marriages, without ever having flouted Is

Katie Xiao emigrated from China when she was 4 and always thought of herself as Americanized — until she started dating. Subtle cultural clashes with Caucasian or Latino boyfriends led to unhappy breakups. It made her realize she's more Chinese than she thought. Now she wants to meet a man of Asian descent.