Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A person walks past a show venue of stand-up comedy company Xiaoguo Culture Media Co that has closed its business, in Beijing ...

Jesse Appell left everything behind to pursue a comedy career in China, where Western-style club comedy was just finding its footing.

WASHINGTON — Comedian Xi Diao says he knows he should avoid talking politics on stage, but sharing a family name with Chinese President Xi Jinping makes it hard to resist. Even his name is politically ...

Taiwanese comedian Vickie Wang and Chinese comedian Jamie Wang (no relation) work through the lived experience of cross-strait tensions through comedy. CHANG: I'm totally serious. Because if there is ...

The penalty came after a popular comedian joked about a military slogan often used by China’s leader, Xi Jinping, who has strictly curbed expression. By Chang Che and Olivia Wang Beijing fined a ...

Stephen Chow, the once iconic Hong Kong comedian, actor and director who had a string of hit films in the 1990s and first decade of the 21st century, is to produce a variety show in mainland China.

From martial arts to traditional dance, China's humanoid robots take center stage for Lunar New Year 2026. China’s leading humanoid robotics companies dominated the opening of this year’s Spring ...

BEIJING/SHANGHAI, May 20 (Reuters) - One joke by a Chinese comedian about the nation's military has spurred online uproar, a $2 million fine, a police probe, a sweep of cancelled shows and fears for ...