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Foreign Babes in Beijing (洋妞在北京)
By Rachel DeWoskin
Rachel DeWoskin was an American arrival in Beijing in 1994, going through a handful of mediocre
jobs before joining an international PR firm. Shortly after this however, through mutual friends she is
introduced to the film studio responsible for making a hit drama serial involving a variety of foreign
girls, their Chinese boyfriends and the families they have to integrate with. DeWoskin was chosen to
play the lead, a somewhat scarlet character by the name of Jiexi, who on camera at least, seduces a
Chinese man, steals him away from his wife then moves away at the series end to a new life with him in
America.
The series, "Foreign Babes in Beijing", was a massive success nationally and still occasionally re-runs
today. DeWoskins book is a blow by blow (or shag by shag) account of her time living this experience.
Being surrounded by close to an all-Chinese cast, and balancing her filming with her PR career,
DeWoskin becomes somewhat estranged from the small expatriate society in Beijing at that time,
believing them, somewhat understandably at face value, to be a bunch of self-righteous, money
grabbing, culturally insensitive jerks. Instead, as her fame in China grows, she delves more and more
into Chinese society, taking a string of Chinese lovers in what only appears to be a general two
fingered salute to her American values. Indeed, she starts to live the script.
By Rachel DeWoskin
Rachel DeWoskin was an American arrival in Beijing in 1994, going through a handful of mediocre
jobs before joining an international PR firm. Shortly after this however, through mutual friends she is
introduced to the film studio responsible for making a hit drama serial involving a variety of foreign
girls, their Chinese boyfriends and the families they have to integrate with. DeWoskin was chosen to
play the lead, a somewhat scarlet character by the name of Jiexi, who on camera at least, seduces a
Chinese man, steals him away from his wife then moves away at the series end to a new life with him in
America.
The series, "Foreign Babes in Beijing", was a massive success nationally and still occasionally re-runs
today. DeWoskins book is a blow by blow (or shag by shag) account of her time living this experience.
Being surrounded by close to an all-Chinese cast, and balancing her filming with her PR career,
DeWoskin becomes somewhat estranged from the small expatriate society in Beijing at that time,
believing them, somewhat understandably at face value, to be a bunch of self-righteous, money
grabbing, culturally insensitive jerks. Instead, as her fame in China grows, she delves more and more
into Chinese society, taking a string of Chinese lovers in what only appears to be a general two
fingered salute to her American values. Indeed, she starts to live the script.
