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Launching a people’s war against crosstalker Guo Degang

Guo Degang gets blacklisted because of a misbehaving student.

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Beijing Film Academy to train crosstalk performers

SARFT has instructed the university to recruit xiangsheng (相声) students to meet the requirements of contemporary society.

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Stifled Laughter: How the Communist Party Killed Chinese Humor

The Chinese government has systematically stifled crosstalk by bowdlerizing its tradition, restricting its natural growth and evolution, and reducing the form to a sycophantic, unsatisfying — and unfunny — shadow of its former self.

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