Now that is a tricky crowd.
Chinese authorities have imposed a $2 million high-quality after a comedian compared his adopted stray dogs to the military of an authoritarian government.
Li Haoshi, who goes by the pseudonym House, jokingly referred to the slogan used to explain the People’s Liberation Army, coined by Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping.
“Good work style, able to winning battles,” he said of the squirrel hunt dogs during a performance at Beijing’s Century Theater this weekend.
Nevertheless, the seemingly innocuous prank prompted hardline officials to slap the shoulder of Shanghai Xiaoguo Culture Media, which Li represents, with a high-quality of $1.91 million, and said it couldn’t collect the $189,000 “illegal profits” the comic earned from its two shows over the weekend .
“We’ll never allow any company or person to wantonly denigrate the military’s glorious image at any stage within the capital … ‘improve your creative considering.’
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Xiaoguo Culture attributed the unpatriotic prank to “serious management gaps” and terminated the contract of Li, who’s some of the popular performers within the country.
Her comedy troupe has been suspended indefinitely from staging plays in Beijing.
A separate police investigation was launched Wednesday into Li’s case after authorities said he “seriously offended” the military and caused a “bad social influence.”
Li canceled his upcoming live shows so he could “rethink and re-educate himself,” he said in a Monday statement.
In 2021, China passed a law banning any insult and slander against military personnel.
The law was previously used to sentence a reporter who questioned China’s role within the Korean War to seven months in prison, in line with CNN.
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A Chinese woman who questioned Li’s punishment on social media in a post referring to soldiers with a dog emoji was also arrested on Tuesday.
“No blasphemy can be allowed for the dignity of military personnel,” the police said in an announcement.
With postal wires