NEW YORK, Aug. 6 /EMWNews/ -- Join "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"

for "Rob Riggle: Chasing the Dragon," a week of special reports filed from

Beijing, China (yes, actual China, not greenscreen China) as it hosts the

2008 Olympics. Following on the year-old heels of his special reports from

Iraq, also filmed on location, "Daily Show" Senior Foreign Correspondent

Rob Riggle will provide in-depth coverage as the world gathers in China,

Earth's only remaining superpower. Tune-in to "The Daily Show with Jon

Stewart" the week of August 11 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT for "Rob Riggle: Chasing

the Dragon."



    "Rob Riggle: Chasing the Dragon" features Riggle reporting in and

around Beijing including Tiananmen Square and the Great Wall of China and

also interviewing some of China's leaders in media and business. This marks

the second time that field producer Glenn Clements has teamed up with

Riggle to produce international nightly reports for the show. In August

2007, they traveled to Iraq for "Operation Silent Thunder."



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Daily Show with Jon Stewart" with Rory Albanese, Kahane Corn and Josh Lieb

serving as co-executive producers. The series' head writer is Steve Bodow.

Chuck O'Neil is the director.



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