{"id":148287,"date":"2026-03-20T18:56:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148287"},"modified":"2026-03-20T18:56:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:56:37","slug":"from-fulbright-scholar-to-xiangsheng-comic-how-jesse-appell-found-his-voice-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148287","title":{"rendered":"From Fulbright scholar to Xiangsheng comic: how Jesse Appell found his voice in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIn 2012, American Jesse Appell stepped off a plane in China on a Fulbright scholarship to study an unusual subject: the art of Chinese comedy.<br \/>\nOver the next few years, Appell, then in his 20s, found himself telling jokes in clubs across China, studying traditional comedy under a master, and even appearing on television. The country\u2019s comedy scene and cultural footprint expanded in ways he could not have predicted \u2013 and Appell was along for the ride.<br \/>\n\u201cThere were so many opportunities to be a part&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/us\/article\/3347393\/fulbright-scholar-xiangsheng-comic-how-jesse-appell-found-his-voice-china?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIn 2012, American Jesse Appell stepped off a plane in China on a Fulbright scholarship to study an unusual subject: the art of Chinese&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148287"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}