Comedy Archives - China Heralder https://chinaheralder.com/category/comedy/ Voice of Great China Sat, 10 Jun 2023 16:23:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://chinaheralder.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cropped-china-heralder-Favico-32x32.png Comedy Archives - China Heralder https://chinaheralder.com/category/comedy/ 32 32 China Fines Comedy Troupe $2m for Joke About the Military https://chinaheralder.com/2023/06/24/china-fines-comedy-troupe-2m-for-joke-about-the-military/ Sat, 24 Jun 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://chinaheralder.com/?p=4952 A Chinese comedy troupe has been slapped with a 14.7m yuan ($2.1m; £1.7m) penalty over a joke about the military that invoked a slogan from President Xi Jinping. The quip, which likened the behaviour of a comedian’s dogs to military conduct, irked authorities. They said Shanghai Xiaoguo Culture Media Co and comic Li Haoshi had […]

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]]> China’s Growing Comedy Scene Feels Censorship Chill https://chinaheralder.com/2023/06/12/chinas-growing-comedy-scene-feels-censorship-chill/ Mon, 12 Jun 2023 08:10:00 +0000 https://chinaheralder.com/?p=4894 In mid-May, Chinese stand-up comic Li Haoshi, better known by his stage name House, cracked a joke about his adopted dogs. Standing on a stage in a packed venue in Beijing, he said his dogs “fought to win, forged exemplary conduct” – a catchphrase that Chinese leader Xi Jinping has used while speaking about the […]

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