China Is Beating the U.S. at Everything, According to Jon Stewart

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Andrea Romano
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China Is Beating the U.S. at Everything, According to Jon Stewart

America, we need to step up our game.

Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong, who have been protesting since late September, are also cleaning up after themselves and even recycling their trash. Also Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba saw a spike in its stock price in the last month.

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All this impressive news coming from China has Jon Stewart wondering if the U.S. does anything better than anyone anymore.

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"They're beating us at both the Occupy and the Wall Street. It's not fair," said Stewart on The Daily Show.

Stewart touches everything from business to activism -- even our celebrity culture seems to pale in comparison. The "celebutante" daughter of the Hong Kong chief executive bragged on social media about her fancy jewelry paid for by taxpayer money.

"Paris Hilton is like, 'Take it down a notch,'" said Stewart.

The segment also touches on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's recent absence from the public eye. "Somewhere Kim Jong-un is yelling through a barred doorway at armed guards, 'Come on! I brought you Rodman! What more can you ask from a child king?'," said Stewart.

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