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Ching Chow is an American one-panel cartoon that was created by Sidney Smith and Stanley Link. It first appeared on January 17, 1927, and ran for more than 60 years, under a variety of different creators. It was distributed by the Chicago Tribune / New York Daily News Syndicate. The title character was a stereotypical Chinese man with slanty eyes and a big, toothy grin. He offered pearls of Confucius-style wisdom, like "Beware of silent dog and still water."

Publication history
Comic strip expert Don Markstein postulates that Link illustrated the strip from the beginning, with the more well-known Smith's name being attached to give the strip credibility. Arnold created a new cartoon, Meet Mr. Luckey, "a virtually identical strip except that it now featured a life-size leprechaun." He continued with Mr. Luckey until 2009, when it was officially retired. ==Concept==
Concept
As with Charlie Chan, in later decades critics took contending views, finding that Ching Chow reinforced condescending Asian stereotypes such as an alleged incapacity to speak idiomatic English and a tradition-bound and subservient nature. As one critic wrote about Ching Chow, "It wasn’t as much a strip as it was a daily fortune cookie." In later years, Ching Chow was viewed by many as a secret tip sheet for playing the numbers – the panel would appear far in the back pages of the New York Daily News. In a 1978 Village Voice article, one believer is quoted as saying, "Why you think Ching Chow has been in the newspaper all these years? Because it's funny? Hah, hah." == See also ==
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