Comic Uncle Roger banned on Chinese social media
The British-Malaysian comedian made a joke about the authoritarian government in Beijing.
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The British-Malaysian comedian made a joke about the authoritarian government in Beijing.
A Malaysian comedian, who performs under the persona ‘Uncle Roger,’ predicted his jokes about China’s surveillance state would land him in trouble and begged the Chinese Communist Party not to “make him disappear.”
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The 32-year-old entertainer is the latest comedian to feel the consequences of making jokes at China's expense, amid increasingly intense censorship and rising nationalism.
The comedian joked about China’s surveillance of its citizens and Beijing’s claims of sovereignty over Taiwan