WASHINGTON (AP) — Comedian Xi Diao says he knows he should avoid talking politics on stage, but sharing a family name with Chinese President Xi Jinping makes it hard to resist. Even his name is ...

Jesse Appell left everything behind to pursue a comedy career in China, where Western-style club comedy was just finding its footing.

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