May 7, 2013
What’s Not Funny in China?
People keeping track of what’s funny in China will often bring up the name of…
April 19, 2013
From China, with Laughs
One of my favorite parts about my vacation home in America—other than demolishing a monstrous,…
April 16, 2013
Special Post: Boston, Beijing, and the Marathon Bombs
I woke up on Tuesday morning to the sound of text messages pinging in my…
April 12, 2013
[Only in Beijing] A White Guy Raps in Chinese to Jay-Z
This evening I took the stage at the open comedy mic at the Hot Cat…
April 2, 2013
An American-Beijinger in Taipei
Comedy is culture, and my favorite way of defining culture is to answer the question:…
March 21, 2013
A Xiangsheng Comedy Throwdown at Tea
I arrived back in Beijing after three and a half weeks away, across oceans in…
March 1, 2013
[Only in Beijing] Solo Dance[仅在北京] 独舞
Earlier this winter, I had the chance to perform Laowai (Foreigner) Style, my viral internet…
February 12, 2013
Becoming a clown-scholar变成一个小丑学者
Last week I went out to dinner with a group of Chinese friends, some of…
January 29, 2013
On TV with Da Shan and Joe Wong! 与黄西和大山出现在电视上
I am not a person who is often starstruck, but this past Monday all bets…
December 6, 2012
Satire and Cultural Miscommunication 讽刺与文化隔阂
As any student of a foreign language knows, a lot of what’s being said in…
November 30, 2012
[Only in Beijing] Crosstown Traffic[仅在北京] 穿越都市的交通
When two people cross each other while walking, sometimes there is an awkward moment when…
November 27, 2012
Behind the Scenes at a Chinese Television Studio中国电视演播室幕后的故事
In the past few weeks, I’ve been getting calls from television stations around the country…