He had achieved huge success doing stand-up comedy in the US, but when he returned to China in 2008 for his first live gig in Beijing, he discovered that humor doesn't translate.

他在美国脱口秀节目中一炮而红，不过2008年，当他回到中国在北京开第一场现场脱口秀时，他发现幽默是无法被翻译的。

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After achieving success as a stand-up comedian in the US for the past two years, the 41-year-old has returned to China to publicize his book The Tao of Humor: An Autobiography by Joe Wong.

在前两年以单口相声演员的身份在美国大获成功之后，41岁的黄西回到中国宣传个人自传——《黄瓜的黄，西瓜的西》。

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But few places in the world embraced Art Deco with the fervor of Shanghai, a city obsessed with fashion and fixated on being up-to-date -- in part because of the view, prevalent in China at the time, that only by modernizing could the country regain its strength and stand up to Western imperialism and a militant Japan.

WSJ: Touring Asia's Art Deco Gems in Shanghai and Napier, New Zealand