My father asks, “Why is it I can hear Chinese from blocks away? Is it that I understand the language? Or is it they talk loud?” They turn the radio up full blast to hear the operas, which do not seem to hurt their ears. And they yell over the singers that wail over the drums, everybody talking at once, big arm gestures, spit flying. You can see the disgust on American faces looking at women like that. It isn’t just the loudness. It is the way Chinese sounds, ching-chong ugly, to American ears, not beautiful like Japanese sayonara words with the consonants and vowels as regular as Italian. We make guttural peasant noise and have Ton Duc Thang names you can’t remember.
The "performers presented a skit concerning current Chinese and U.S. relations," the 22-year-old Ball State University senior wrote in the Reporter. "White males impersonated a Chinese official and his translator. The official sported a black wig and thick glasses and spoke fake Chinese. 'Ching ching chong chong,' the man shouted as he gestured wildly." Leang added that she was "deeply humiliated" by the skit. "The next morning, I woke up crying," she wrote. Members of minority media organizations and Asian American journalists, among others, have been reacting with indignation. "That this could occur at an ASNE convention is almost unbelievable," said Dwight Ellis, a human resources officer at the National Association of Broadcasters. Washington lawyer Aryani Ong e-mailed the Capitol Steps: "I would opine that any dialogue that has 'Ching, Chong, Ching, Chong' is offensive to Asian Pacific Americans."
The fact is that it's news all over the world. But, you know, you can imagine in China it's like, "Ching chong, ching chong chong, ching chong, Danny DeVito, ching ching chong chong chong, drunk, 'The View,' ching chong."
2008, Alice Pung, Growing Up Asian in Australia, page 91:
He came up with three or four kids behind him, chanting 'Ching chong! Ching chong! Don't even know how to talk! Don't even know how to fight!'
2009, Kent A. Ono, Vincent N. Pham, Asian Americans and the media (page 104)
For example, comedian and talk-show host Adam Corolla and NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal have each previously made ching chong comments in reference to Asians and Asian Americans.
Nobody really talked to her for the first few days, but when she started telling the story of the fight between her father and the dead man, they gathered round to listen. In her version the Chinese man knew karate and screamed, “Ching chongching chong,” when he attacked her father. The other kids laughed when Erin impersonated the dead man.
2016 October 21, Crystal Chen, “I ‘Went Back to China’ — and Felt More American than Ever”, in Foreign Policy[7], archived from the original on 2016-10-22[8]:
Growing up in Nebraska, I was “ching-chong’d” in school and asked why my eyes were so small. Later on, popular kids would compel me to do their homework with overtures of friendship, only to ignore me at recess.
1868, May Wentworth, “CHING CHONG CHINAMAN.”, in Fairy Tales from Gold Lands[9], A. Roman & Company, →OCLC, page 79:
He took the young Ching Chong by the hand, kindly, led him home to his own house, and provided him with the best instruction the city afforded. At the age of fifteen, Ching Chong was as handsome and intelligent a boy as could be found in the city of Hong Kong.
Rang the bell. She heard the familiar chimes from the living room — chimes that had always sounded to her like a Chinese name: Ching-Chong! Silence. No answer.
2017 May 3 [2014], Joe Otterson, quoting The Colbert Report Twitter account, “Stephen Colbert in Hot Water Over 'Homophobic' Donald Trump Joke”, in Reuters[12], archived from the original on 2021-03-18[13]:
Back in 2014 when he was hosting “The Colbert Report” on Comedy Central, that show’s official Twitter account posted a message saying, “”I am willing to show Asian community I care by introducing the Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever.” The tweet was meant to satirize Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snider, who started a charity to benefit Native Americans. Many perceived the tweet as a racist assault on Asians and Asian-Americans, leading to the creation of the hashtag #CancelColbert. Colbert reveled in the controversy, however, even promoting it on future episodes of “The Colbert Report.”
2018 March 27, Seth Robson, quoting Elizabeth Baker, “Racial slur on social media site spurs Air Force probe”, in Stars and Stripes[14], volume 76, number 244, →OCLC, page 4, column 1:
Okaaaaay don't listen to stupid people like Ching Chong up there, just find a place that's better for your needs
[2018 August 16, Justin Wise, quoting Bettie Cook Scott, “Democratic legislator called Asian opponent 'ching-chong': report”, in The Hill[15], archived from the original on 2018-08-16[16]:
"At that time she said to the voter that 'these immigrants from China are coming over and taking our community from us,'" said Gray, who is black. "Further, she said it 'disgusts her seeing black people holding signs for these Asians and not supporting their own people.'" The Metro Times notes that Scott made similar comments about Chang at another precinct. "Thanks for voting for me, you don't need to vote for that ching-chang," she said to a voter, according to The Metro Times.]
2020 June 12, “‘Go back to China’: New Zealand woman yells at Asian dad in racist tirade”, in South China Morning Post[17], archived from the original on 1 August 2023:
“You need to go back to f***ing China you ching chong,” she yelled during the racist tirade, which was caught on Wan’s dashcam.
