In China, female stand-up comedian Yang Li has found that a whole lot of men don’t find her funny. In fact, some men are not laughing that female comedians are on the rise in China. Stephanie Studer writes about China for The Economist. She talked about this topic with Jason Palmer of The Intelligence, a podcast from our partners at Economist Radio.
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