Chinese and Chinese American Humor

We all enjoy a good laugh. Unfortunately, many of the so-called Chinese jokes posted on the Internet simply make use of negative stereotypes with little or no basis in fact. This collection is different in that Chinese people enjoy them even if the laugh sometimes comes at our own expense. This does not mean that they are necessarily politically correct or that your grandma will like them.

See also

• For a totally funny and bawdy humor in a book length novel, see Li Yu's "The Carnal Prayer Mat".
• For a totally serious analysis of Chinese humor, see "The Chinese Sense of Humor" by C.T. Hsia (at Renditions.org)

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