Do not be frightened about meeting her family when she takes you to China for the first time. In most cases, they are all normally very nice. In most of old Chinese parents eyes, westerners do not appear to be serious about family and marriage. Show your sincerity. Do not get too upset if your girlfriend forgets your birthday.
Chinese ladies show their feelings in an elegant and indirect way.
Highly educated ladies expect you to share housework. It is getting popular to share the cost of the wedding, however there may still be the traditional influence of the cost borne mainly by the groom. Stable financial status is important because the hardship of the past is still fresh in the memories of many Chinese in China. Ladies who have divorced or widowed, with or without children, have difficulties to find a husband again in China. During dating, most ladies are a little coy and would like to be chased by men rather than initiating moves.