{"id":1934780,"date":"2023-05-20T11:12:38","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T15:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-joke-chinas-backlash-against-stand-up-stirs-fear-of-comedy-clampdown\/"},"modified":"2023-05-20T11:13:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T15:13:36","slug":"no-joke-chinas-backlash-against-stand-up-stirs-fear-of-comedy-clampdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-joke-chinas-backlash-against-stand-up-stirs-fear-of-comedy-clampdown\/","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s crackdown on stand-up comedy sparks concerns of a clampdown on comedy."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fno-joke-chinas-backlash-against-stand-up-stirs-fear-of-comedy-clampdown%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1934780&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Chinese Comedian&#8217;s Joke Sparks Controversy Over Military<\/h2>\n<h3>By Yew Lun Tian and Casey Hall<\/h3>\n<p>BEIJING\/SHANGHAI (Reuters) &#8211; A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/she-hulk-head-writer-jessica-gao-admits-she-almost-quit-series-over-disagreement-with-marvel-about-single-joke-in-season-finale\/\" title=\"\u201cShe-Hulk\u201d Head Writer Jessica GAO Admits She Almost Quit Series Over Disagreement With Marvel About Single Joke in Season Finale\">single joke<\/a> by a Chinese comedian has ignited a heated debate about the nation&#8217;s military.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Joke:<\/strong> The comedian joked that the People&#8217;s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers were so tough that they could &#8220;kill you with a look.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While some found the joke amusing, others were outraged, calling it disrespectful to the country&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seven-days-in-january-all-living-former-secretaries-of-defense-warn-trump-over-election-fight\/\" title=\"Seven Days in January? All Living Former Secretaries of Defense Warn Trump Over Election Fight\">armed forces<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>The Debate:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Supporters of the joke argue that it was harmless and meant to be taken lightly.<\/li>\n<li>Opponents believe that it was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-responds-to-ronna-mcdaniels-rnc-chair-reelection\/\" title=\"Trump Responds to Ronna McDaniel\u2019s RNC Chair Reelection\">direct insult<\/a> to the PLA and should not be tolerated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The controversy has sparked a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justin-timberlake-apologizes-to-britney-spears-amid-backlash-over-nyt-documentary\/\" title=\"Justin Timberlake Apologizes To Britney Spears Amid Backlash Over NYT Documentary\">larger conversation<\/a> about the role of humor in Chinese society and the boundaries that should be respected.<\/p>\n<p>As the debate continues, it remains to be seen whether the comedian will face any consequences for their joke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Chinese comedian&#8217;s military joke has sparked controversy, leading to censorship and criticism from state media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1934816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[5909,21588,7958,5241,5804,5914,13139],"class_list":["post-1934780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann","tag-chinas","tag-clampdown","tag-comedy","tag-concerns","tag-crackdown","tag-sparks","tag-stand-up"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_finder_url":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/entertainment\/no-joke-chinas-backlash\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=no-joke-chinas-backlash","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1934780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1934816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1934780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1934780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1934780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}