English translation of part 1 of Dr. Zhang's proposed study

Below is a translation from Dr. Zhang's blog. I have little experience translating between Chinese and English, so feel free to correct any errors.

Look! Look at the Faces of These Ugly Foreign Men!

I will remember forever Tuesday, March 7, 2006, the day before International Women’s Day, because on that day, something happened that caused me to make three important decisions.

That day started out uneventful. At noon, a young Frenchwoman and I went out for lunch. On the way back, as we arrived at the entrance to our workplace, we saw across the street in the distance an elderly trash collector pushing a cart.

Just then, the young Frenchwoman grabbed me, saying, “Did you see that?�

“See what?� I was puzzled.

“Right in f ront of you.�

I then realized that the old man across the street was a foreigner, his back to us, with long, dirty, messy hair. No wonder I mistook him for a trash collector. The cart he was pushing held not garbage but a mixed blood child.

Next to him was a Chinese girl, young, pretty, attractive Chinese girl.

The Frenchwoman burst out laughing, “What’s up with Chinese women?�

The Frenchwoman laughed because we had discussed this very topic at lunch. I had heard about these kinds of foreign male/Chinese female couples before, but didn’t give it much thought. Now, however, the gap between this man and woman is too intense. A lovely Chinese flower and an old, ugly,fat, short, half-naked, withered foreign man and their little baby in the cart.

On the one hand, the Frenchwoman bent over laughing (I don’t know why she laughed like that). At that moment, my self-respect as a Chinese man was deeply hurt.

Several days later, I made three decisions: First, I want to tell everyone the truth about these ugly foreign men. Second, I want to mobilize the Chinese people to keep Chinese women away from foreign men.

Third and most importantly, as a Chinese scholar, I have decided to interrupt my regular work and wholeheartedly undertake research that has never been done before: foreign women’s images of Chinese men. The outcome of this research is to help Chinese men pursue foreign women.

Our research will include two major parts: first, my fellow scholars and I will visit white women who are living in China and who do not have Chinese boyfriends and find out the reason. Then we really want to visit some white women with Chinese boyfriends/husbands and ask them about the strengths and weaknesses of Chinese men.. I know there aren’t many foreigners like these, but luckily, I’ve already met a few.

We must also carry out a large-scale survey on foreign women in China (white women only). Using scientific measurement techniques, the outcome of our study will reveal images of Chinese men in the eyes of white women and discover the five most attractive things about Chinese men. This research will answer the following questions:

How do foreign women feel about Chinese men?
What would unattached foreign women most like from Chinese men?
How can Chinese men improve their attractiveness to foreign women?
What characteristics about Chinese men do foreign women favor most?
What kind of foreign women really like Chinese men?
How can Chinese men understand foreign women? How can Chinese men approach foreign women in public?