Ronny Chieng

Ronny Xin Yichieng was born on 21 November 1985. Chieng is currently a Senior correspondent on The Daily Show, Comedy Central. Chieng is the creator and star on the sitcom Ronny Chieng International Student. The show premiered on ABC Australia as well as Comedy Central Asia in 2017. Chieng was born to a Malaysian Chinese couple in Johor Bahru (Malaysia). Chieng was raised in Singapore and the United States, living in Manchester, New Hampshire from 1989 until 1994. Chieng performed in a comedy festival that took place in Melbourne, Australia in 2013 alongside Trevor Noah. The following year Chieng was asked to take on the role of a correspondent on The Daily Show, which Noah hosts. In July of 2016 Chieng was named one of 10 Comics to Watch by Variety In October of that year, Chieng appeared on The Daily Show to give his take on Jesse Watters Fox News segment considered racist by many. Chieng broadcasts a tirade-filled critique of the program on the network that is conservative. Chieng also visited the city's Chinatown. Watters had mocked the residents there and gave respectful interviews in Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese. The viral video received coverage in Slate and the Washington Post. In his early years, Chieng was an Singapore Sea Scout. He has not been able to gain citizenship or permanent residency status in Australia despite living in Australia for ten years. Chieng joked in 2018 that it was cynophobic. However, he later said that he was completely unafraid of dogs.

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