Drum Tower: Stand-up feminists
Tickets for \u201cNvzizhuyi\u201d\u2014a monthly stand-up comedy show in New York City\u2014 often sell out in less than a minute. The show invites Chinese citizens, mostly women, to tell jokes, perform skits and recount the absurd challenges they\u2019ve encountered as feminist activists in China\u2014things they could never utter in public back home.
This week, Alice Su, our senior China correspondent, reports from the dark basement of a comedy club. Together with David Rennie, The Economist\u2019s Beijing bureau chief, they ask: Why are some of China\u2019s exiled feminists doing stand-up comedy abroad? And can their performances have any impact back home?
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