Japanese man performs crosstalk in Beijing (3)

Satosi Nishida cooks with Chinese students at Mid-autumn Festival. (Photo/Cri.cn)

"Chinese crosstalk is just like Japan’s Manzai [a comedic performance in the form of dialogue in Japan]. I’ve recently been working on a paper about Chinese crosstalk and Japanese Manzai, and am thinking about making this the topic of my final thesis," says Nishida.