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Des Bishop on China's Comedy Boom and Censorship

Stand-up comedy is booming across China, trailing only cinema as the country's second-largest theater category, according to state media. Many credit American comic Des Bishop with sparking the trend over a decade ago after he moved to Beijing, learned Mandarin from scratch, and built a stand-up routine that helped lay the groundwork for today’s scene. Bloomberg’s Stephen Engle met with Bishop in…

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