BRITAIN-LONDON-CHINESE CROSSTALK-XIANGSHENG

(240428) -- LONDON, April 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Meng Hetang (R) and Zhou Jiuliang perform Xiangsheng, or crosstalk comedy in London, Britain, April 27, 2024. Thunderous laughter and applause almost blew off the roof of an auditorium in London's ExCeL Exhibition Centre on Saturday night, when a punchline by Guo Degang, a popular Chinese traditional crosstalk comedian, landed with an audience of thousands. Along with Guo and his partner Yu Qian, a handful of comedians from the De Yun She Performance Group performed Xiangsheng, or crosstalk comedy, with both jokes about life anecdotes and traditional crosstalk episodes. TO GO WITH "Popular Chinese crosstalk comedians bring laughter, cultural charisma to London" (Xinhua/Wu Lu)