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Re-educated Comedy has been putting on Chinese stand-up shows and open mics in Los Angeles since 2023. Small, growing scene: We went to check out a recent open mic in February, where a handful of ...

Tickets for “Nvzizhuyi”—a monthly stand-up comedy show in New York City— often sell out in less than a minute. The show invites Chinese citizens, mostly women, to tell jokes, perform skits and recount ...

Comedy has become a way for women to skewer China’s gender inequality. Some men aren’t happy about it. By Vivian Wang Reporting from Beijing On the list of topics best avoided by China’s comedians, ...

A growing number of people in China feel their country’s future looks gloomy. Many young Chinese do not think their lives will be better than those of their parents, who enjoyed the hongli, or ...

Chinese American stand-up comedian and actress Jiaoying Summers has built a global following by turning spontaneous exchanges with audience members into viral comedy. Now the fast-rising comic whose ...

Success seems to have come far easier to Chinese stand-up comedian Jiaoying Summers than happiness. In less than seven years as a comic, Summers released one special with Hulu, has plans for a second, ...