China cracks down on Uncle Roger after jokes about censorship and Taiwan

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Stand-up comic Nigel Ng, better known as Uncle Roger, had his audience in stitches as he mocked China, but Beijing wasn't laughing. The Malaysian comedian has been banned from China’s social media platform Weibo and his homepage on the video site Bilibili was placed “under suspension”. The harsh reaction — likely at the behest of Beijing — came after Ng poked fun at China’s censorship and its policy towards the political status of Taiwan. Ng questioned an audience member during a recent stand-up show in character as Uncle Roger, a stereotypical middle-aged Asian with an exaggerated accent who regularly goes...