The Risks of Humor: Uncle Roger's Experience with Chinese Censorship

British-Malaysian comedian Nigel Ng Kin-ju, popularly known as Uncle Roger, has had his Weibo and Bilibili social media accounts suspended by China's censorship brigade after making jokes about Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Communist Party. This comes after Chinese comedian Li Haoshi was arrested for making jokes about the People's Liberation Army. The censorship within China's borders may not seem to matter to Americans, but if China becomes the world's most powerful nation, it will control about half of the world's economy, and all Americans will indirectly work for Chinese companies controlled by the CCP.