What's funny about Chip Tsao and the Filipinos

(Warning: For adults only)

Rumor is circulating that Chip Tsao's column "The War at Home" was in fact ghostwritten by her Filipina maid, a college graduate who speaks and writes better English than Tsao.

There is considerable evidence from the language of the column itself which shows Chip Tsao was actually making fun of the Hong Kong Chinese. And in some places, he actually succeeds in being funny. For instance, Tsao says Barach Obama and the US military are behind the Filipinos! (Laughs) He paints a picture of the ignorant Chinese who feels threatened by the nation of his maid. Then he exposes himself and his friends as abusive towards their own maids. Either he intended to send himself straight to the fiscal's office, or, which is more likely, he was simply lampooning the abusive Chinese.

Tsao's maid was not only a really clever writer but had some political savvy as well. (Well, she studied International Politics in college! - and she lets us know!) She knew that by calling the Philippines a "nation of servants", many Filipinos, especially the influential middle class, will be offended. Nothing stings Filipino pride more than being called "servants" right to our faces, and by the Chinese to boot! Yes, we clean their toilets but we are not servants! (Laughs)

So, the ghostwriter very well knew that there will be an uproar in the Philippines to withdraw Chip Tsao's column. The column was therefore a test: who is really better the master or the servant? Will the Chinese give in to the Filipinos demand? 

The HK Magazine withdrew the column and apologized to those offended. It turns out the Chinese were really scared of their maids. (Laughs)