History Main / ChingChong

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': when Butters and Cartman try to act Chinese when infiltrating a P. F. Chang's.

* A UCLA student posted a video titled "UCLA Asians in the Library", complaining they would answer their phones and "say 'Ohhh! Ching chong ling long ting tong? Ohhh!' just as one is about to have an epiphany while doing Poli-Sci homework." Shortly after the video went viral, she posted an apology and withdrew from the school for her own safety, as she had received death threats.

* The Music/MissyElliott song "Work It" contains the line "black white puerto rican chinese boys, wang-thang thang-a thang-a thang-y thang".

* In ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'', Harry uses this in the song "Ginny's song reprise (cho chang)", to the white, southern Cho.
* The Viral Video "UCLA Asians in the Library." Describing the rude behavior of the horde of Asians in the aforementioned library, who will answer their phones and say "Ohhh! Ching chong ling long ting tong? Ohhh!" just as one is about to have an epiphany while doing Poli-Sci homework.

* LetsPlay/TheKingOfHate does this ''very'' often in games with Asian characters. Especially in his playthrough of ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors 8''.

Naturally, since the phrase is a racist insult, UnfortunateImplications and DudeNotFunny apply. In fact, a ''lot'' of Asian-Americans consider this to be on par with the N-word. Subtrope of AsLongAsItSoundsForeign for the Chinese language. See also ElSpanishO, for the arguably Spanish equivalent of this trope.

A {{Stock Phrase|s}} used by non-Asians to be racist against the Chinese, and, due to InterchangeableAsianCultures, other Asians as well. Not to be confused with Ching-Chang-Chong, the usual German name of the game RockPaperScissors.

* Ironically, 'ching chong' as well as any variations thereof sounds like a bunch of gibberish in Chinese, and anyone who uses that insult could easily find themselves being laughed at.

* Just when you thought this was on its way to being a DiscreditedTrope, we have [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/18/cvs-receipt-ching-chong-lawsuit-new-jersey_n_3112410.html?1366324121&ncid=webmail2 this April 2013 case]].

* The trope image above comes from Series/TheColbertReport: Daniel Snyder (owner of the Washington Redskins sports team) attempted to make amends to Native Americans by starting a charity, but the name of that charity contained "Redskins," which is commonly seen as an epithet against Native Americans. In response, Stephen announced he was launching "The [[CallBack Ching-Chong Ding-Dong]] Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever" for Asians. Although people who actually saw the bit on television were less likely to complain, a staffer for the show tweeted the joke and put the context in one tweet, then the joke in another. Naturally, the second tweet spread far and wide without the context, along with calls to "#[=CancelColbert=]." The joke originally aired on a Thursday, then caught fire on Twitter on Friday. The next Monday, Colbert apologized.

Naturally, since the phrase is a racist insult, UnfortunateImplications and DudeNotFunny apply. Subtrope of AsLongAsItSoundsForeign for the Chinese language. See also ElSpanishO, for the arguably Spanish equivalent of this trope.

* An YouTuber, [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqhnHz3PDXPT6vAHVuAY7dg The Mechanic Shark Channel]], making fun of UsefulNotes/{{China}} in few of his videos and even made "[[UsefulNotes/XiJinping Xi]] the [[Franchise/WinnieThePooh Pooh Bear]]" a "BigBad" who say "Ching chang chong".

* ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'': One Rantanplan story has the Daltons hide in a Chinatown, having mugged passing Chinese people for their clothes, with William saying "ching chang choing". When they meet the head of the local triad, he says it referring to Rantanplan ([[PetHeir who's set to become the owner of most of Chinatown's buildings]]), with the triad head telling him he agrees, even if he'd never stoop to such vulgarity.

* An YouTuber, [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqhnHz3PDXPT6vAHVuAY7dg The Mechanic Shark Channel]], making fun of UsefulNotes/China in few of his videos and even made "[[UsefulNotes/XiJinping Xi]] the [[Franchise/WinnieThePooh Pooh Bear]]" a "BigBad" who say "Ching chang chong".

* In 2003, then-Los Angeles Laker Creator/ShaquilleONeal had to apologize for a "joke" he made during an interview about Houston Rocket Yao Ming ("Tell Yao Ming, ''ching-chong-yang-wah-ah-soh.''").

* In 2003, then-Los Angeles Laker Shaquille O'Neal had to apologize for a "joke" he made during an interview about Houston Rocket Yao Ming: "Tell Yao Ming, ''ching-chong-yang-wah-ah-soh.''").

Naturally, since the phrase is a racist insult, UnfortunateImplications and DudeNotFunny apply. See also ElSpanishO, for the arguably Spanish equivalent of this trope.

[[quoteright:350:[[Series/TheColbertReport https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ching_chong_0.jpg]] Ching chong ching chong chong, ching chang chong.]]

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-->'''Chinese Man:''' Come on Mr. Simpson, you need to be back at the Retirement Home.
-->'''Grampa:''' Thank you Ping-Pong.
-->'''Chinese Man:''' My name is Craig.
-->'''Grampa:''' Suuure it is.

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Naturally, since the phrase is a racist insult, UnfortunateImplications and DudeNotFunny apply.

* Hilariously mocked by an Asian performer for New Zealand's got talent, who wrote and sang an entire song about being called Ching-Chong (notably how it blocked her from other Asian Sterotypes like becoming a doctor and limited her to being a good Ping-Pong player).

* ''LetsPlay/TheKingOfHate'' does this ''very'' often in games with Asian characters. Especially in his playthrough of ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors 8''.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': when Butters and Cartman try to act Chinese when infiltrating a PF Changs.

-->"Hello, children! Shall we see what's behind the racist door today? Oh, it's Ching-Chong Chinaman!"

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* When the ''Series/MockTheWeek'' crew started ragging on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPx7CNT2aVs 'Racist Door']] (used when one of them made a joke about nationalities, thus opening the door for others to be made), Frankie Boyle played it off as a section in a children's television show:

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