China Fines Talk Show Firm $2 Million After Comic Teases PLA
The set of the Xiaoguo Culture talk show in Shanghai.
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Chinese authorities fined a talk show and stand-up comedy production company about $2 million and suspended its performances in at least two major cities “indefinitely” after a comedian joked about a Xi Jinping military slogan last weekend.
The company Xiaoguo and comedian Li Haoshi caused “grave insults” to the People’s Liberation Army, Beijing’s Municipal Cultural and Tourism Bureau said in a statement on its WeChat account Wednesday.
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China Fines Talk Show Firm $2 Million After Comic Teases PLA