Australian journalist Cheng Lei, who was detained in China for three years, says if you can’t make jokes about incarceration you have no sense of humour.
And after meeting former journalist turned stand-up comic Vicky Xu over coffee this week, Ms Cheng made the impromptu decision to join her on stage and make her comedy debut in Melbourne on Thursday.
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Gus McCubbing is a markets reporter in the Melbourne newsroom. He was previously the Australian Financial Review’s Victorian political correspondent. Connect with Gus on Twitter. Email Gus at gus.mccubbing@afr.com
