From Shanghai Daily:
Certain foreigners have bought the Chuanju Opera technique of “changing-face,” the only traditional opera state secret, for “very little money,” a master of the performance told the Chinese media recently, Yangcheng Evening Post reported today.
Wang Daozheng, a 68-year-old professional of the changing-face performance, was shocked when he found a Japanese artist performing it in public in 2002.
“I refused US$50,000 from a Japanese artist when he approached me to learn the technique in the summer of 1987,” recalled Wang. “However, one of our domestic Chuanju performers sold the skill to a Japanese artist for very little money.” [full text]
