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Over a total of thirteen weeks, the authors accompanied Professor Ye Mingsheng of Fuzhou, Fujian Province, and his graduate student Huang Jianxing on a survey of Chinese string, rod, and glove puppetry. Covering thirteen provinces and municipalities, they documented rehearsals and performances by both large, state-supported contemporary puppetry troupes and small, rural, traditional companies engaged in ritual performances. Fan Pen Chen is an assistant professor at State University of New York at Albany. She began research on the Chinese shadow theatre in 1995 and has published two books and numerous articles on the topic. Bradford Clark is a professor and designer/director at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, teaching courses in puppetry and stage design. He serves as curator of collections at the Center for Puppetry Arts Museum in Atlanta, Georgia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]