I'll give you an example. In the third episode (the one about Daytona), the communism joke by the neighborhood ladies is an in joke for Chinese viewers. See, the Huang’s are Taiwanese, and with the history between Taiwan and mainland China, Jessica certainly is not a communism supporter. That’s why she gives a death stare, and then covers it up by saying “I’m just cutting cake”.

Every non-Chinese viewer would totally miss it. I never ever thought I’d watch a network television show that had an inside joke for Chinese viewers.

I wrote a bit more about the show on my blog.

http://www.jongmusic.com/fresh-off-the-boat-episode-3/