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'''''Ching chong''''', '''''ching chang''', '''ching chang chong''''', and '''''chung ching''''' are [[Racial slur|offensive phrases]] used to mock or imitate the [[Chinese language]], people of [[Chinese people|Chinese ancestry]], or other people of [[East Asians|East Asian]] descent perceived to be Chinese. The term is a derogatory imitation of [[Mandarin phonology|Mandarin]] and [[Cantonese phonology]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/07/14/330769890/how-ching-chong-became-the-go-to-slur-for-mocking-east-asians |title=How 'Ching Chong' Became The Go-To Slur For Mocking East and Southeast Asians |last=Chow |first=Kat |date=14 July 2014 |website=npr.org |publisher=[[NPR]] |access-date=10 January 2021 |quote=}}</ref> The phrases have sometimes accompanied [[Assault|assaults]] or physical intimidation of East Asians, as have other racial slurs or imitation of Chinese.<ref>{{cite news
 |title=APA Community Should Tell Shaquille O'Neal to 'Come down to Chinatown.'
 |first=Irwin
 |last=Tang
 |url=http://www.asianweek.com/2003_01_03/sports_yaoming.html
 |newspaper=[[AsianWeek]]
 |date=3 January 2003
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604122136/http://www.asianweek.com/2003_01_03/sports_yaoming.html
 |archive-date=2011-06-04
 |access-date=2010-11-09 
 |quote=Also in June, Shaq announced that he would test Yao's toughness by taking an elbow to Yao's face. This comment, combined with Shaq's racist taunts are particularly disturbing, as Asian Pacific Americans often suffer racial taunts while being assaulted or physically intimidated.
 |url-status=dead
}}</ref><ref name="ching_chong_joke">{{cite news
 | title = 'Ching-chong' joke spreads ignorance
 | first = L.A.
 | last = Chung
 | url = http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_4853200
 | newspaper = [[San Jose Mercury News]]
 | date = 16 December 2006
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121006162930/http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_4853200
 | archive-date = 2012-10-06
 | access-date = 2010-11-09
 | quote = Those words once accompanied violence and lynchings. "Ching-Chong Chinaman" rhymes dating to the 19th century weren't just schoolyard taunts. To be ignorant of that, as O'Donnell was, doesn't eliminate the history. Americans also mock Chinese Americans such as calling them by their Chinese name, Such as "Hon Man" or any other name
 | url-status = dead
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==Historical usage==
[[File:Anti-Chinese Mass Meeting - Tacoma poster.jpg|thumb|A late 19th-century anti-Chinese announcement. 'Ching chong' emerged a slur around the time of the [[Chinese Exclusion Act]] in the United States. ]]
While usually intended for ethnic Chinese, the remark has also been directed at other East Asians. [[Mary Paik Lee]], a [[Koreans|Korean]] immigrant who arrived with her family in [[San Francisco]] in 1906, wrote in her 1990 autobiography ''[[Quiet Odyssey]]'' that on her first day of school, girls circled and hit her, chanting:

<blockquote>
Ching Chong, [[Chinaman]], <br />
Sitting on a wall. <br />
Along came a white man, <br />
And chopped his head off.<ref>{{cite book
 | last = Paik Lee
 | first = Mary
 | year = 1990
 | editor = Sucheng Chan
 | title = Quiet Odyssey: A Pioneer Korean Woman in America
 | url = https://archive.org/details/quietodysseypion00leem
 | url-access = registration
 | publisher = University of Washington Press
 | location = Seattle
 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/quietodysseypion00leem/page/16 16–17]
| isbn = 9780295969466
 }}</ref>
</blockquote>

A variation of this rhyme is repeated by a young boy in John Steinbeck's 1945 novel ''[[Cannery Row (novel)|Cannery Row]]'' in mockery of a Chinese man. In this version, "wall" is replaced with "rail", and the phrase "chopped his head off" is changed to "chopped off his [[Queue (hairstyle)|tail]]":

<blockquote>
Ching Chong, Chinaman, <br/>
Sitting on a rail. <br/>
Along came a white man, <br/>
And chopped off his tail. <br/> 
</blockquote>

In 1917, a [[ragtime]] piano song entitled "[[:s:Ching Chong|Ching Chong]]" was co-written by Lee S. Roberts and [[J. Will Callahan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lib.indstate.edu/about/units/rbsc/kirk/PDFs/sm1917_ching.pdf |title='Ching Chong,' words by J. Will Callahan, music by Lee S. Roberts |access-date=2019-02-11 |archive-date=2021-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110234517/https://lib.indstate.edu/about/units/rbsc/kirk/PDFs/sm1917_ching.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Its lyrics contained the following words:

<blockquote>
"Ching, Chong, Oh Mister Ching Chong,<br/>
You are the king of [[Chinatown]].<br/>
Ching Chong, I love your sing-song,<br/>
When you have turned the lights all down."<br/>
</blockquote>

==Modern incidents==
In December 2002, [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] star [[Shaquille O'Neal]] received media flak for saying "Tell [NBA [[Center (basketball)|center]]] [[Yao Ming]], 'Ching chong yang, wah, ah soh'" during an interview on [[Fox Sports Net]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Shaq's Apology Not Good Enough |first=Emil |last=Guillermo |author-link=Emil Guillermo |url=https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Shaq-s-Apology-Not-Good-Enough-2640506.php |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |date=14 January 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030203034/http://articles.sfgate.com/2003-01-14/news/17470622_1_yao-ming-birthday-party-asian-american-studies |archive-date=2017-10-30 |access-date=2010-11-09 |quote=Perhaps we should put it in terms Shaq might understand: If a white comedian imitated Shaq by making monkey sounds while eating fried chicken and watermelon, would the point be clearer? |url-status=live}}</ref> O'Neal later said it was [[locker-room]] humor and he meant no offense. Yao believed that O'Neal was joking but said a lot of Asians would not see the humor.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sports of The Times; Fans in Shanghai Are Voting in the Mainstream |first=George |last=Vecsey |author-link=George Vecsey |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/12/sports/sports-of-the-times-fans-in-shanghai-are-voting-in-the-mainstream.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=12 January 2003 |access-date=26 August 2010 |quote=Yao quickly said: "The world is getting smaller, and I think it's important to have a greater understanding of other cultures. I believe Shaquille O'Neal was joking, but I think that a lot of Asian people don't understand that kind of joke."}}</ref> Yao joked, "[[Chinese language|Chinese]] is hard to learn. I had trouble with it when I was little."<ref name=tall_tale>{{cite news |title=Tall tale? Shaq says Yao comments were said in jest |first=Tim |last=Brown |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/news/2003/01/10/shaq_yao_ap/ |magazine=Sports Illustrated |agency=Associated Press |date=10 January 2003 |access-date=26 August 2010 |quote="Chinese is hard to learn. I had trouble with it when I was little," Yao joked. |archive-date=30 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330084618/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/news/2003/01/10/shaq_yao_ap/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> O'Neal added, "I mean, if I was the first one to do it, and the only one to do it, I could see what they're talking about. But if I offended anybody, I apologize."<ref name=tall_tale />

On January 24, 2006, comedian [[Dave Dameshek]] created an audio [[parody]] of the [[Asian Excellence Awards]] for ''[[The Adam Carolla Show (terrestrial radio)|The Adam Carolla Show]]''. The premise of the parody was using the words "ching" and "chong" to mimic the awards show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.angryasianman.com/other/adamcarolla2006-01-24.mp3 |title=Adam Carolla on January 24, 2006 (mp3) |access-date=2019-02-11}}</ref> Branding the segment as demeaning and racist, several Asian American organizations threatened to ask advertisers to withdraw their support from the show if the station did not issue an apology.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wu |first=Esther |url=http://www.aaja.org/news/mediawatch/2006_01_27_1/ |title=Radio Show Mocks Asian Awards Ceremony |date=2006-01-27 |publisher=[[Asian American Journalists Association]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611172829/http://www.aaja.org/news/mediawatch/2006_01_27_1 |archive-date=2010-06-11 |access-date=2010-11-09 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://asianamericanmedia.org/rf_cms/index.php?cmd=showPage&page_id=1.11.2.4.5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012203206/http://asianamericanmedia.org/rf_cms/index.php?cmd=showPage&page_id=1.11.2.4.5 |archive-date=October 12, 2007 |title=CAAM Guest Filmmaker Blogs |publisher=Asianamericanmedia.org |access-date=2012-09-05}}</ref> On February 22, 2006, Carolla read a brief apology for the segment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.angryasianman.com/other/adamcarolla2006-02-22.mp3 |title=Adam Carolla on February 22, 2006 (mp3) |access-date=2019-02-11}}</ref> On April 26, 2006, Carolla had the head of the Media Action Network for Asian Americans, [[Guy Aoki]] on his show. Aoki opined that "ching chong" is equivalent to "[[nigger]]".<ref>{{cite news|title=An exchange of opinions? |first=Greg |last=Braxton |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-27-wk-carolla27-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=27 April 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810210515/http://articles.latimes.com/2006/apr/27/news/wk-carolla27 |archive-date=2011-08-10 |access-date=2010-11-09 |quote=Though Carolla said he should have checked the routine before it aired, Aoki and Teddy Zee, the producer of the awards show who accompanied Aoki to the program, said that Carolla seemed to be dodging responsibility for the routine. |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode|title=The Adam Carolla Show|url=http://angryasianman.com/other/adamcarolla2006-04-26.mp3|network=CBS Radio|station=KLSX-FM (97.1)|location=Los Angeles|series=The Adam Carolla Show|airdate=26 April 2006|quote=I had no idea. "Ching chong" to most "round eyes", as we call ourselves, are just a simple nursery school, whatever, make-fun-of ryhme. It means nothing to us. We don't know certain things and I'm glad you have enlightened us.|access-date=2006-05-11|archive-date=2011-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707143358/http://angryasianman.com/other/adamcarolla2006-04-26.mp3|url-status=live}}</ref>

On December 5, 2006, comedian and co-host [[Rosie O'Donnell]] of ''[[The View (U.S. TV series)|The View]]'' used a series of ''ching chongs'' to imitate newscasters in China.<ref name=ching_chong_joke /> O'Donnell made a comment in reference to people in China talking about [[Danny DeVito]]'s drunken appearance on the show, "You know, you can imagine in China it's like, 'Ching-gong-hu-gong, ching-chang-kong. Ching-chong. Danny DeVito. Ching-chong-chong-chong-chong. Drunk. The View. Ching-chong.'"<ref>{{cite news |title=Asian Leaders Angered by Rosie O'Donnell's 'Ching Chong' Comments |first=Sara |last=Bonisteel |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/asian-leaders-angered-by-rosie-odonnells-ching-chong-comments |publisher=Fox News |date=11 December 2006 |access-date=27 August 2010 |quote="The View" co-host is in hot water for using the expression "ching chong" to describe Chinese people talking about Danny DeVito's drunken appearance on her show. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629091240/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,235842,00.html |archive-date=29 June 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Asian American Journalists Association]] said her comments were "a mockery of the Chinese language and, in effect, a perpetuation of stereotypes of Asian Americans as foreigners or [[second-class citizen]]s ... and gives the impression that they are a group that is substandard to English-speaking people".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aaja.org/news/mediawatch/2006_12_08_01/ |title=AAJA Responds to Rosie O'Donnell's Offensive Mimic |first=Rene M. |last=Astudillo |publisher=[[Asian American Journalists Association]] |date=8 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611122814/http://www.aaja.org/news/mediawatch/2006_12_08_01/ |archive-date=2011-06-11 |access-date=2010-11-09 |quote=We feel strongly that it is our responsibility to call attention to what we consider a mockery of the Chinese language and, in effect, a perpetuation of stereotypes of Asian Americans as foreigners or second-class citizens. |url-status=dead }}</ref> Cindi Berger, O'Donnell's representative, said: "She's a comedian in addition to being a talk show co-host. I certainly hope that one day they will be able to grasp her humor." On December 14 on ''The View'', O'Donnell said she was unaware that ''ching chong'' was an offensive way to make fun of Asian accents, and she was informed it was on par with the "N-word". She apologized to "those people who felt hurt".<ref>{{cite news |title=Rosie Apologizes for Asian Joke on The View |first=Stephen M. |last=Silverman |url=https://people.com/celebrity/rosie-apologizes-for-asian-joke-on-the-view/ |magazine=People |date=14 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109051640/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20004252,00.html |archive-date=2011-01-09 |access-date=2010-11-09 |quote=So apparently 'ching-chong,' unbeknownst to me, is a very offensive way to make fun, quote-unquote, or mock, Asian accents. Some people have told me it's as bad as the n-word. I was like, really? I didn't know that. |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ono |first1=Kent A. |last2=Pham |first2=Vincent |title=Asian Americans and the Media |publisher=[[Polity (publisher)|Polity]] |year=2008 |pages=104–107 |isbn=978-0-7456-4273-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1NQ7PZhiO0sC&q=rosie%20o'donnell%20ching%20chong&pg=PA104 |access-date=March 23, 2011 |archive-date=January 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110234526/https://books.google.com/books?id=1NQ7PZhiO0sC&q=rosie+o%27donnell+ching+chong&pg=PA104 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Jeff Yang]], who tracks Asian and Asian-American trends for a market research firm, said O'Donnell shouldn't have apologized for people's hurt feelings. "She should have apologized for spreading and encouraging ignorance."<ref name=ching_chong_joke /> O'Donnell warned, "there's a good chance I'll do something like that again, probably in the next week, not on purpose. Only 'cause it's how my brain works."<ref>{{cite news|title=O'Donnell apologizes for Chinese parody / But comedian warns she is likely to spoof languages again |first=Vanessa |last=Hua |url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/O-Donnell-apologizes-for-Chinese-parody-But-2465454.php |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |date=15 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107051610/http://articles.sfgate.com/2006-12-15/news/17323548_1_asian-americans-chinese-americans-danny-devito |archive-date=2012-11-07 |access-date=2010-11-09 |quote=But I'm also gonna give you a fair warning that there's a good chance I'll do something like that again, probably in the next week -- not on purpose. Only 'cause it's how my brain works. |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' called it a "[[Non-apology apology|pseudo-apology]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Apologies: a Great Tradition |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time.com]] |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/apologies/article/0,28804,1602994_1608522_1608584,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070415035105/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/apologies/article/0,28804,1602994_1608522_1608584,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 15, 2007 |access-date=March 15, 2011 |date=10 April 2007}}</ref> O'Donnell later wrote in her autobiography ''[[Celebrity Detox]]: The Fame Game'' that "I wish I had been a bit more pure in my public apology."<ref>{{cite book |last=O'Donnell |first=Rosie |title=Celebrity Detox: (The Fame Game) |year=2007 |publisher=[[Grand Central Publishing]] |isbn=978-0-446-58224-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bCc7JhCzAWMC&q=rosie%20o'donnell%20ching%20chong&pg=PT72 |access-date=March 23, 2011 |archive-date=January 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110234621/https://books.google.com/books?id=bCc7JhCzAWMC&q=rosie+o%27donnell+ching+chong&pg=PT72 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On January 19, 2011, conservative political commentator [[Rush Limbaugh]] mocked Chinese president [[Hu Jintao]] during his visit to the [[White House]] on his radio show. "Hu Jintao—He was speaking and they weren't translating. They normally translate every couple of words. Hu Jintao was just going ching chong, ching chong cha," said Limbaugh, who imitated Hu's speech for 17 seconds. Representative [[Judy Chu]] of [[California]] said that Limbaugh's words were the same ones that Chinese Americans have heard in the past 150 years as they faced racial discrimination while "they were called racial slurs, were spat upon in the streets, derided in the halls of Congress and even brutally murdered".<ref name=abcnews /> [[New York (state)|New York]] Assemblywoman [[Grace Meng]] said it was Limbaugh's prerogative to attack Hu, "but at the same time he offended 13% of [[New York City]]'s population".<ref name=usatoday>{{cite news |title=Asian-American officials seek Limbaugh apology |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-01-28-asian-americans-limbaugh_N.htm |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |agency=Associated Press |date=January 28, 2011 |access-date=January 28, 2011 |quote=She added: "He was, in his own way, trying to attack the leader of another country, and that's his prerogative as well, but at the same time he offended 13% of New York City's population."}}</ref> California State Senator [[Leland Yee]] also criticized Limbaugh for his remarks: "His classless act is an insult to over 3,000 years of cultural history, and is a slap in the face to the millions of Chinese Americans who have struggled in this country and to a people who constitute one-quarter of the world's population."<ref name=abcnews>{{cite news |title=Rush Limbaugh Mocks Chinese President Hu Jintao |url=http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/01/rush-limbaugh-mocks-chinese-president-hu-jintao.html |work=ABC News |date=20 January 2011 |access-date=2011-01-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121175042/http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/01/rush-limbaugh-mocks-chinese-president-hu-jintao.html |archive-date=21 January 2011 }}</ref> Yee demanded an apology from Limbaugh for what he and others view as racist and derogatory remarks. He also organized with civil rights groups—including [[Chinese for Affirmative Action]], [[Japanese American Citizens League]] and the [[National Organization for Women|California National Organization for Women]]—to boycott companies like [[ProFlowers]], [[Sleep Train]] and [[Domino's Pizza]] that advertised on [[The Rush Limbaugh Show|Limbaugh's talk show]].<ref name=usatoday /><ref>{{cite news|title=Asian-American lawmakers demand Limbaugh apology |first=Judy |last=Lin |url=http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/asian-american-lawmakers-demand-818553.html |newspaper=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |agency=Associated Press |date=January 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131170403/http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/asian-american-lawmakers-demand-818553.html |archive-date=January 31, 2011 |access-date=January 28, 2011 |quote=In recent days, the state lawmaker has rallied civil rights groups in a boycott of companies like Pro Flowers, Sleep Train and Domino's Pizza that advertise on Limbaugh's talk show. |url-status=dead}}</ref> Yee received threatening messages and also received a fax from an unknown sender which made racist comments and called him a [[Marxist]]. "Rush Limbaugh will kick your [[Chink]] ass and expose you for the fool you are," part of the memo said.<ref>{{cite news|title=Senator Yee says racist statements, death threats need to stop |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_17216323?nclick_check=1 |work=MercuryNews.com |agency=Bay City News Service |publisher=[[MediaNews Group]] |date=January 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119075221/http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_17216323?nclick_check=1 |archive-date=January 19, 2012 |access-date=January 28, 2011 |quote=State Sen. Leland Yee said at a San Francisco news conference today that threatening messages sent to his office via fax, text message and email need to stop, and that the messages have made him disappointed in the country. |url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{anchor|Alexandra Wallace}}
In March 2011, [[UCLA]] student Alexandra Wallace uploaded a [[YouTube]] video entitled "UCLA Asians in the library", ranting about the "hordes of Asians" in UCLA who don't "use American manners".<ref name="Alexandra Wallace 'UCLA Asians in the library'">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zulEMWj3sVA|title=Ching Chong! Asians in the Library Song (Response to UCLA's Alexandra Wallace)|last=Jimmy Wong|date=15 March 2011|access-date=11 December 2016|via=YouTube|archive-date=10 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110234610/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zulEMWj3sVA|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Lovett |first=Ian |title=U.C.L.A. Student's Video Rant Against Asians Fuels Firestorm |date=March 15, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/us/16ucla.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714125441/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/us/16ucla.html?_r=1 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> In a rant about Asians speaking loudly on a cellphone in the campus library, she mimicked one as saying, "Ohhh! Ching chong, ling long, ting tong! Ohhh!".<ref>{{cite news|title=Making ting tong cool |date=February 4, 2012 |magazine=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/united-states/2012/02/04/making-ting-tong-cool |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905021751/http://www.economist.com/node/21546027 |archive-date=September 5, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Wilson">{{cite web|last=Wilson|first=Simone|title=Alexandra Wallace, UCLA Student, Rants on Asians for Phoning Tsunami Victims in the Library (VIDEO)|url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2011/03/alexandra_wallace_ucla_girl_rant_asians_in_the_library.php|work=L.A. Weekly|access-date=7 November 2011|archive-date=27 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027212536/http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2011/03/alexandra_wallace_ucla_girl_rant_asians_in_the_library.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Her rant inspired heated criticism, not only because of her use of the "ching chong" stereotype but also because of the timing: a [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|major tsunami]] had just occurred in Japan, leading her to complain, "I swear they're going through their whole families, just checking on everybody from the tsunami thing."<ref name="Wilson" /> Over 40 percent of the school's 36,000 students are [[Asian American]] and [[Pacific Islanders]].<ref name=sbold /> Musician [[Jimmy Wong]] uploaded the video, "Ching Chong!: Asians in the Library Song" to YouTube, in response. The video received national coverage.<ref name="msnbc">{{cite web|url=https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/jimmy-wong-makes-ching-chong-a-love-song-45140035657|title=Jimmy Wong makes 'ching chong' a love song|access-date=2015-10-18|date=2011-03-23|publisher=[[MSNBC]]}}</ref><ref name="NPR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/03/24/134827085/a-racial-quarrel-inspires-an-internet-balladeer|title=A Racial Rant Inspires An Internet Balladeer|access-date=2015-10-18|work=All Things Considered|date=2011-03-24|publisher=[[NPR]]|archive-date=2016-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204054822/http://www.npr.org/2011/03/24/134827085/a-racial-quarrel-inspires-an-internet-balladeer/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="today">{{cite web|url=http://www.today.com/money/ucla-students-asians-rant-ignites-youtube-responses-124457
|title=UCLA student's 'Asians' rant ignites YouTube responses|access-date=2015-10-18|last=Chansanchai|first=Athima|date=2011-03-18|work=[[Today (U.S. TV program)]]}}</ref><ref name="NPR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2011/03/23/134736937/jimmy-wong-saves-the-internet|title=Jimmy Wong Saves The Internet|access-date=2015-10-18|last=Pell|first=Dave|date=2011-03-21|publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name="NYT">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/magazine/on-youtube-amateur-is-the-new-pro.html |title=On YouTube, Amateur Is the New Pro|access-date=2015-10-18|last=Walker|first=Rob|date=2012-06-28|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> ''[[The Sacramento Bee]]'' wrote, "The students [she] mocked can inspire resentment, jealousy and fear—the kindling of ethnic slurs—because their success is about achievement and a pathway to status."<ref name=sbold>{{cite news|last=Breton |first=Marcos |url=http://www.sacbee.com/2011/03/20/3489430/marcos-breton-ucla-students-slurs.html |title=UCLA student's slurs gave new voice to old prejudice |newspaper=Sacramento Bee |date=March 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323105008/http://www.sacbee.com/2011/03/20/3489430/marcos-breton-ucla-students-slurs.html |archive-date=March 23, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Additional responses included a line of T-shirts featuring the "Ching-chong" slur, with all proceeds going to Red Cross relief for the tsunami.<ref name="Wilson" /> UCLA deemed the video offensive and called it "repugnant". The student later wrote to ''[[The Daily Bruin]]'', issuing an apology to "the entire UCLA campus".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mashhood|first1=Farzad|last2=Parkinson-Morgan|first2=Kate|title=UPDATED: Viral YouTube video called "repugnant" by UCLA administration|url=http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/blog/off_the_press/2011/03/viral_youtube_video_called_repugnant_by_ucla_administration |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428174804/http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/blog/off_the_press/2011/03/viral_youtube_video_called_repugnant_by_ucla_administration|archive-date=April 28, 2011|newspaper=The Daily Bruin |date=March 13, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/article/2011/03/ucla_student039s_youtube_video_039asians_in_the_library039_prompts_death_threats_violent_responses_c |title=*UPDATED:* UCLA student's YouTube video 'Asians in the Library' prompts death threats; violent responses criticized as equally damaging |work=The Daily Bruin |date=2011-03-15 |access-date=2012-09-05 |archive-date=2012-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019004148/http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/article/2011/03/ucla_student039s_youtube_video_039asians_in_the_library039_prompts_death_threats_violent_responses_c |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kelly |first=Devin |url=http://www.dailybruin.com/blog/timestamp/2011/03/from_the_regents_meeting_students_speak_with_uc_regents_about_campus_climate_in_light_of_offensive_youtube_video |title=From the regents meeting: Students speak with UC Regents about campus climate in light of offensive YouTube video |newspaper=The Daily Bruin |date=March 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906002612/http://www.dailybruin.com/blog/timestamp/2011/03/from_the_regents_meeting_students_speak_with_uc_regents_about_campus_climate_in_light_of_offensive_youtube_video |archive-date=September 6, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Parkinson-Morgan|first=Kate|url=http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/blog/off_the_press/2011/03/alexandra_wallace039s_youtube_video_039asians_in_the_library039_constitutionally_protected_according_to_ucla_law_professor |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322063012/http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/blog/off_the_press/2011/03/alexandra_wallace039s_youtube_video_039asians_in_the_library039_constitutionally_protected_according_to_ucla_law_professor|archive-date=March 22, 2011|title=UCLA law professor says Alexandra Wallace's YouTube video constitutionally protected, police still investigating threats |newspaper=The Daily Bruin |date=March 17, 2011}}</ref> ''The New York Times'' published an editorial criticizing the video, but supporting her [[First Amendment]] right to [[free speech]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The U.C.L.A. Video|date=March 17, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/opinion/18fri2.html?_r=1&ref=us|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240526054109/https://www.webcitation.org/6ASk0yptf?url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/opinion/18fri2.html%3F_r=2&ref=us|archive-date=May 26, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Several days later, UCLA announced it would not discipline the student, but she withdrew from the university.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gordon|first=Larry|title=UCLA won't discipline creator of controversial video, who later withdraws from university|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2011-mar-19-la-me-ucla-speech-20110319-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=19 March 2011 |access-date=7 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Alexander|first=Jackie|title=These days, videos can swiftly go viral|date=February 16, 2012|newspaper=The Gainesville Sun|url=http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120216/ARTICLES/120219590?p=all&tc=pgall|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418185320/http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120216/ARTICLES/120219590?p=all&tc=pgall|archive-date=April 18, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[AsianWeek]]'' wrote that "any negatives [the student] experienced are just a fraction of what Asian Americans have experienced since coming to America".<ref name="guillermo">{{cite news|last=Guillermo |first=Emil |title=Amok: This year, Alexandra Wallace for Street Fair Queen |date=May 21, 2011 |work=[[AsianWeek]] |url=http://www.asianweek.com/2011/05/21/amok-this-year-alexandra-wallace-for-street-fair-queen/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122003935/http://www.asianweek.com/2011/05/21/amok-this-year-alexandra-wallace-for-street-fair-queen/ |archive-date=January 22, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

A ''[[The Colbert Report|Colbert Report]]'' [[Twitter|tweet]], in March 2014, brought the slur back into the limelight. The program was lampooning the [[Washington Redskins name controversy|controversy]] surrounding [[Redskin|the name]] of the [[Washington Redskins]] football team. The team's owner, [[Daniel Snyder]], had announced that he was dedicating a charity for Native Americans called "[[Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation]]". In the March 26, 2014 episode of the ''Report'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cc.com/video-clips/b6cwb3/the-colbert-report-sport-report---professional-soccer-toddler--golf-innovations---washington-redskins-charm-offensive|title=Sport Report – Professional Soccer Toddler, Golf Innovations & Washington Redskins Charm Offensive-The Colbert Report – Video Clip – Comedy Central|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031013814/http://www.cc.com/video-clips/b6cwb3/the-colbert-report-sport-report---professional-soccer-toddler--golf-innovations---washington-redskins-charm-offensive|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2014/03/27/colbert-report-on-redskins-new-foundation/|title=Colbert Report on Redskins' new foundation|newspaper=Washington Post |date=March 27, 2014|access-date=11 December 2016}}</ref> [[Stephen Colbert|Colbert]] satirized a charity to Native Americans using the offensive word "Redskins" in its name, and stated that he would be starting his own similar charity called "Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to [[Oriental]]s or Whatever", adding "I owe all this sensitivity to Redskins owner Dan Snyder. So Asians, send your thank-you letters to him, not me." The following day, a Twitter account for the program run by Comedy Central tweeted, "I am willing to show #Asian community I care by introducing the Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever" but did not link to the episode or provide context for the statement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/03/stephen-colbert-on-the-defensive-after-ching-chong-ding-dong-tweet/|title='The Colbert Report' at the Center of Social Media Firestorm|work=ABC News|access-date=11 December 2016}}</ref> This quickly led to people creating a #CancelColbert hashtag, which lasted until the following Monday's episode (March 31, 2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cc.com/episodes/u4jfik/the-colbert-report-march-31--2014---biz-stone-season-10-ep-10083|title=March 31, 2014 – Biz Stone|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=24 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124101741/http://www.cc.com/episodes/u4jfik/the-colbert-report-march-31--2014---biz-stone-season-10-ep-10083|url-status=dead}}</ref> when Colbert described the sequence of events, scolded Comedy Central for the poorly contextualized tweet, and criticized the offense-takers' haste in their CancelColbert campaign, also noting that Dan Snyder's charity named after Redskins was ironically not being protested.

During the [[2014 League of Legends World Championship|2014 ''League of Legends'' World Championship]] group stage in [[Taiwan]], [[Team SoloMid]] jungler [[Svenskeren]] registered an account by the name TaipeiChingChong on the [[Garena]] servers and was subsequently fined and suspended by [[Riot Games]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://games.yahoo.com/news/sk-svenskeren-provokes-taiwanese-media-170000296.html|title=SK Svenskeren provokes Taiwanese media with offensive summoner name, Fined and Suspended by Riot Games|first1=Kelsey|last1=Moser|first2=Nilu|last2=Kulasingham|website=[[onGamers]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150824183108/https://games.yahoo.com/news/sk-svenskeren-provokes-taiwanese-media-170000296.html|archive-date=2015-08-24}}</ref> The incident was also criticized by the Taiwanese version of the newspaper ''[[Apple Daily]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/new/20140916/470799/|title=低級！歐洲電競選手改名污辱台灣人|website=[[Apple Daily]]|date=September 16, 2015|access-date=December 16, 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Stop Asian Hate IMG 1957a (51076888183).jpg|thumb|[[Stop Asian Hate]] emerged as a response to slurs such as 'Ching chong' in the United States after the COVID-19 outbreak.]]
In August 2018, voters reported that Michigan state representative [[Bettie Cook Scott]] urged her supporters, "don't vote for the ching-chong" in the primary election, referring to her opponent, [[Stephanie Chang]].<ref name=ikvi-detroitrep>{{cite web |last1=Ikonomova |first1=Violet |title=Detroit Rep. Bettie Cook Scott on Asian opponent: 'Don't vote for the ching-chong!' |url=https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2018/08/16/detroit-rep-bettie-cook-scott-on-asian-opponent-dont-vote-for-the-ching-chong |publisher=Detroit Metro Times |date=16 August 2018 |access-date=18 August 2018 |archive-date=26 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126174615/https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2018/08/16/detroit-rep-bettie-cook-scott-on-asian-opponent-dont-vote-for-the-ching-chong |url-status=dead }}</ref> She later issued an apology through a representative.<ref name=ikvi-detroitrep-apology>{{cite web |last1=Ikonomova |first1=Violet |title=Michigan representative apologizes for racial slurs against Asian opponent |url=https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2018/08/16/michigan-rep-apologizes-for-racial-slurs-against-asian-opponent |publisher=Detroit Metro Times |date=16 August 2018 |access-date=18 August 2018 |archive-date=11 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711184138/https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2018/08/16/michigan-rep-apologizes-for-racial-slurs-against-asian-opponent |url-status=dead }}</ref> She would lose the election and ''de facto'' defaulted her seat after the apology until Chang's inauguration to a Michigan House office charged with representing the district's affairs in the interim period in her place.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2018/11/26/bettie-cook-scott-absent-from-job-since-calling-asian-senate-rival-a-ching-chong|title=Bettie Cook Scott absent from job since calling Asian Senate rival a 'ching-chong'|last=Culham|first=Devin|date=26 November 2018|work=[[Detroit Metro Times]]|access-date=3 June 2019|archive-date=3 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603001850/https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2018/11/26/bettie-cook-scott-absent-from-job-since-calling-asian-senate-rival-a-ching-chong|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2018, Filipino ''[[Dota 2]]'' player Carlo "Kuku" Palad was banned from attending the Chongqing Major after typing "ching chong" during a live match against Chinese players. He eventually apologized, but did not get his ban lifted.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lozano |first1=Kurt |title=Filipino Dota 2 players 'skem' and 'Kuku' banned from Chongqing Major for using racist language against Chinese players |url=https://www.foxsportsasia.com/esports/dota2/983487/filipino-dota-2-players-skem-and-kuku-banned-from-chongqing-major-for-using-racist-language-against-chinese-players |publisher=Fox Sports Asia |date=25 November 2018 |access-date=24 December 2018 |archive-date=9 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409045216/https://www.foxsportsasia.com/esports/dota2/983487/filipino-dota-2-players-skem-and-kuku-banned-from-chongqing-major-for-using-racist-language-against-chinese-players/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> This followed an earlier event when another Filipino player Andrei "Skemberlu" Ong used the same term during a match with a Chinese team a few weeks earlier.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dota 2: Players who used racial slurs barred from competing in Chongqing Major |url=http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/25366591/kuku-skemberlu-barred-chongqing-major-use-racial-slurs |publisher=ESPN |date=25 November 2018}}</ref>

In December 2018, American rapper [[Lil Pump]] was criticized after using the term in a teaser for his then-upcoming single "[[Butterfly Doors]]", which also contained the lyric "They call me [[Yao Ming]] 'cuz my eyes real low" with him slanting his eyes. He later was chided by several Asian and Asian-American rappers such as [[China Mac]] and [[Awkwafina]]. Lil Pump subsequently released an apology and edited out the lyrics from the official music video.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-46604145 |title=Rapper Lil Pump criticised for racist gesture - BBC News |publisher=Bbc.com |date=2018-12-18 |access-date=2019-02-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/lil-pump-addresses-racial-slur-video-i-apologize-for-posting-that/ |title=Lil Pump Addresses Racial Slur Video: "I Apologize for Posting That" |publisher=Pitchfork |date=2018-12-25 |access-date=2019-02-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aWgoO0capE |title=Lil Pump - "Butterfly Doors" (Official Music Video) |publisher=YouTube |date=2019-01-04 |access-date=2019-02-11 |archive-date=2021-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110234724/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aWgoO0capE |url-status=live }}</ref>

In November 2022, German former professional [[association football|footballer]] [[Jimmy Hartwig]] was criticized after using the term in his commentary about the [[Japan national football team]] on [[Welt (TV channel)|WELT-TV]] for the [[2022 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.t-online.de/region/frankfurt-am-main/id_100092646/-ching-chang-chong-ex-fussballprofi-jimmy-hartwig-erntet-shitstorm-fuer-aeusserung-im-tv.html|title="Ching, Chang, Chong": Jimmy Hartwig erntet Shitstorm|website=[[t-Online]]|date=5 December 2022|language=de}}</ref> The WELT management company removed the video from [[YouTube]] and Hartwig posted an apology on his [[Instagram]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/nl/articles/2212/07/news143.html|title=ドイツ元プロサッカー選手、自国番組でのアジア人差別発言を謝罪 「本当にごめんなさい！」|trans-title=Former German professional soccer player apologizes for racist remarks against Asians on his country's TV show: "I am so sorry!"|website=[[:ja:ITmedia|Nato-labo]]|date=7 December 2022|language=ja}}</ref>

In 2025, [[Queenstown, New Zealand]] hamburger bar [[Fergburger]] apologised for identifying a customer on a shop receipt with stereotypical label ''ching chang''.<ref>''[https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542235/queenstown-burger-joint-fergburger-apologises-after-customer-receipt-included-racial-slur Queenstown burger joint Fergburger apologises after customer receipt included racial slur]'' on [[RNZ]] website, viewed 2025-02-21</ref> The employee was later fired.<ref>''[https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown/fergburger-worker-sacked-slur Fergburger worker sacked for slur]'' on ''[[Otago Daily Times]]'' website, viewed 2025-02-21</ref>

In July 2025, the English singer [[Liam Gallagher]] of [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] used the term "ching chong" in a post on the platform days before the kickoff of the [[Oasis Live '25 Tour]]. This led to much backlash, especially from Asian accounts. He has since deleted the post and apologised.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-07-07 |title=The power of parasocial relationships shield stars like Liam Gallagher |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/viewpoint-oasis-singer-liam-gallaghers-racist-tweet-shows-some-stars-are-cancel-proof |access-date=2025-07-07 |work=The Straits Times |language=en |issn=0585-3923}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|China}}
*[[Oriental riff|Asian riff]]
*[[List of ethnic slurs]]
*[[Chink]]
*[[Anti-Chinese sentiment]]
*[[Zhing-zhong]]
*[[Pseudo-Chinese]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
{{Anti-Chinese sentiment}}
{{Ethnic slurs}}

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