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Joe Wong, a Chinese American stand-up comedian, will return to China to develop his career. He has appeared in several shows of China Central Television as guest host over the past two years and published his Chinese autobiography in 2011.

Born in 1970, Wong studied at Jilin University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences before starting to study biochemistry at Rice University in Texas in 1994. He subsequently received his doctorate in 1999.

Wong moved to Boston in 2001 and began performing comedy at All Asia Bar and Stash's Comedy Jam. He attracted nationwide attention after his appearance on Late Show with David Letterman in 2009. On St. Patrick's Day in 2010, he headlined the annual dinner hosted by Radio and Television Correspondents' Association.