A far better Song and dance routine than the Real Deal

The nearest thing we have to the thug culture of American rap stars dissing each other in public, swearing and acting badly is the world of comedy. This has thrown up a kind of East versus West Coast trash-talking battle between Tianjin's cross-talker Guo Degang (pictured left), in the red corner, and the celebrity blogger Song Zude (pictured right), in the blue corner.
The two men are equally skilled in the art of verbal pugilism, they weigh in with the same cultural clout and neither is averse to the proverbial hit below the belt.
Round one: Bad blood spills over, according to qq.com, when Song goes against prevailing opinion and reckons Xiao Shenyang's CCTV Spring Festival Gala performance was vulgar and that the "clown" is a flash in the pan.