Malaysian comedian 'Uncle Roger' has been banned from China’s Twitter-like social media platform
Nigel Ng, who performs under the persona “Uncle Roger,” last week posted a trailer of his new show on Twitter, in which he jokes about China’s surveillance state and begs the Chinese Communist Party not to “make him disappear.” “Uncle Roger about to get canceled,” Ng wrote on Twitter last Tuesday alongside a clip of his show. By Saturday his account on China’s highly censored Weibo platform had been barred from creating new posts.
The video has now been viewed 34 million times. The sketch Ng posted on Twitter last week was filmed at his recent stand-up tour, which broached more political subjects. In one clip, after learning that an audience member is from China’s southern Guangzhou province, Uncle Roger says China is a “good country.” “We have to say that now, correct? All their phones listening,” he says, drawing laughter from the crowd.
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