Chinese women are weaponizing comedy to fight the patriarchy

JD.com's move to ditch comedian Yang Li has provoked a feminist backlash

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Yang Li is a popular female stand-up comedian with more than 2.5 million followers on Weibo. (Photo from iQIYI Variety via YouTube)

Ilaria Maria Sala is a Hong Kong- based freelance journalist and writer, focusing on societal changes, cities, heritage, and cultural developments. Cheung Hok Hang is a freelance journalist with a focus on art markets and cultural developments, writing in both Chinese and English.

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