Comments on: China cracks down on lame humor after lousy Mao joke gets Tweeter jailed

By: China VP’s ‘Aristocrats’ joke gets mixed reaction from Politburo | China Daily Show

Wed, 11 May 2011 05:44:59 +0000

[...] have recently been focusing on improving China’s humor standing globally, even imprisoning one citizen for making an old Mao Zedong joke considered “unfunny.” Bo’s joke has been described as “frat boy humor with Chinese characteristics” and references [...]

By: Martijn

Martijn — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 13:34:19 +0000

moeten toch oppassen met die grappen http://chinadailyshow.com/china-cracks-down-on-lame-humor-after-lousy-mao-joke-gets-tweeter-jailed/

By: MiaInChina

MiaInChina — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 03:14:28 +0000

RT @chinadailyshow: China cracks down on lame humor after lousy Mao joke gets Tweeter jailed http://tinyurl.com/3ane2rs (ironically, CDS …

By: chinadailyshow.com

chinadailyshow.com — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 03:09:15 +0000

China cracks down on lame humor after lousy Mao joke gets Tweeter jailed http://tinyurl.com/3ane2rs (ironically, CDS editor then jailed)

By: Bellamy_crawford

Bellamy_crawford — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 08:19:00 +0000

This is presumably linked to this story about a tweeter got jailed in China? http://shanghaiist.com/2010/11/19/tweet_sends_woman_to_one_years_wort.php
Same thing. Or this is a joke about that, right?