{
  "id": 18228513,
  "title": "Des Bishop on China's Comedy Boom and Censorship",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/des-bishop-on-chinas-comedy-boom-and-censorship",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-05T01:53:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-11-05/des-bishop-on-china-s-comedy-boom-and-censorship-video"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}