Ronny Chieng
Ronny Xin
Yichieng, born on 21 November, 1985 in Malaysia is an actor and comedian.
Chieng is currently a senior correspondent on The Daily Show on Comedy Central
and creator and star of the sitcom Ronny Chieng International Student which
premiered on ABC (Australia) and Comedy Central Asia in 2017. Chieng was born
into an Malaysian Chinese family. He was born in Johor Bahru. Chieng was raised
in Singapore as well as the United States. He lived in Manchester, New
Hampshire, from 1989 to 1994. Chieng performed with Trevor Noah at a Melbourne
comedy festival in 2013. He was then asked to audition for the position as a
correspondent for Noah's Daily Show two years after. In July 2016 Chieng was
selected as one of 10 Comics to Check out by Variety In October 2016, Chieng
appeared on The Daily Show to share his reaction to a Jesse Watters Fox News
segment that was criticized by some as being racist. Chieng broadcast an
expletive-laden critique of the segment on Fox News that was deemed
conservative by many. He also visited the city's Chinatown. Watters had mocked
the inhabitants of the area and conducted respectful interviews in Mandarin
Chinese and Cantonese. The viral video received coverage in the Washington Post
and Slate. Washington Post and Slate In his youth, Chieng was a Singapore Sea
Scout. Chieng hasn't been able to acquire citizenship or permanent residence in
Australia despite having lived in Australia for ten years. In 2018, Chieng
joked that he was an apologist during the Daily Show however, he later
clarified in an interview that he was "100 percent unafraid of dogs".

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