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news The "punchline queen" who offended Chinese men © AFP The controversy over Yang Li's remarks has highlighted the difficult path of feminism in China China's "Punchline Queen" Yang Li is no stranger to controversy. The 29-year-old is now one of the country's most well-known comedians, having risen to fame in recent months on a Chinese television show called "Rock and Roast". Every week, in front of a national audience of millions, she addresses controversial gender issues using a style unfamiliar to many Chinese viewers - stand-up comedy. She's attracted a huge following, but her punch...

BBC News By Zhaoyin Feng and Yitsing Wang BBC Chinese image captionThe controversy over Yang Li's remarks has highlighted the difficult path of feminism in China China's "Punchline Queen" Yang Li is no stranger to controversy. The 29-year-old is now one of the country's most well-known comedians, having risen to fame in recent months on a Chinese television show called "Rock and Roast". Every week, in front of a national audience of millions, she addresses controversial gender issues using a style unfamiliar to many Chinese viewers - stand-up comedy. She's attracted a huge following, but h...

1 Yang Li. Photo: screenshot from Sina Weibo "It is all funny until the joke is about them." Yang Li, a Chinese stand-up comedian who caught her big break this year for sarcastic attacks on men during online gigs, has found herself in a tornado of online trolls and even a formal report to the state cultural publication regulator, which ironically accuses Yang of being "sexist" herself.  "They look so mediocre, yet they manage to be so confident," Yang said, in mocking the unearned picky attitude of men in relationships during a gig ...