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April 19, 2013

From China, with Laughs

One of my favorite parts about my vacation home in America—other than demolishing a monstrous,…

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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…

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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…

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April 2, 2013

An American-Beijinger in Taipei

Comedy is culture, and my favorite way of defining culture is to answer the question:…

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March 21, 2013

A Xiangsheng Comedy Throwdown at Tea

I arrived back in Beijing after three and a half weeks away, across oceans in…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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October 12, 2012

My Very Own English Gentleman我与说英语的绅士的奇遇

Yesterday I went to eat at a xiabu xiabu restaurant near my home. Xiabu xiabu…

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