S01E01 Chin/Qin Wang, Mandarin speaker - From Xi-An, China 🇨🇳

Hailing from Xi-An（西安） , Northwestern China, Chin Wang won the legendary London Comedy Store gong show in March 2021 and has since been on a meteoric rise. Chin and Kuan-wen talked about their occasional 'glitches' switching between English and Mandarin, a veiled constructed criticism on her accent, her move south of Hadrian's Wall from Edinburgh to London and how messing up tones when speaking Mandarin creates confusions.

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Episode timeline

0:17 Intro

1:46 Different English spellings of Chin/Qin's name

4:03 Kuan-wen's old English name

4:41 The importance of Mandarin's tones

6:21 Foreigners and Xiang Sheng 相聲

6:44 Taiwanese people's accent when they speak Mandarin

8:00 Chin: "I have an accent"

8:49 Standard Mandarin v standard English accent(s)

10:02 Chin noticed her accent when listening to her own recordings

12:04 A feedback implying Chin's accent was too strong

13:29 Understanding the Scottish accent

15:26. Chin's comedy journey and her Comedy Store Gong Show win

19:12. Chin's observational comedy and not relying on Chinese stereotypes

21:43. Kuan-wen's attempts at neutralising his accent

22:43 Difficulties in switching between Mandarin and English

24:08. Kuan-wen's accent in his Comedy Central clip

25:12 Chinese Comedy

26:54 Difference in Asian comedy audience

28:29 Swearing is not the same

28:56 Chin's social media

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