John Oliver: Taiwan worth deep diveA petition was launched last week to request the British-American comedian, who was once banned in China for roasting Xi Jinping, to do an episode on TaiwanBy Han Cheung / Staff reporterBritish-American John Oliver roasted Chinese leader Xi Jinping (習近平) in 2018 and slammed China’s treatment of Uighurs in Xinjiang last year. A screen grab of the petition launched last week for British-American comedian John Oliver to do a segment on Taiwan. Screen grab: Han Cheung, Taipei Times“For a lot of us who write about Taiwan, I feel that our audience is just people who care about Taiwan,” Cody says. He also tends to do in-depth things and I think Taiwan really needs an in-depth look. So I was up late and I thought, ‘Why don’t I pull a stunt and see if I can get something to happen?’”British-American comedian John Oliver doing a deep dive on Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Source: Taipei Times June 21, 2021 15:56 UTC