Ancient Chinese art of shadow puppet theatre struggling to survive in the modern era

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A popular form of entertainment for more than 2,000 years, Chinese shadow puppetry is now an endangered craft. For the past few decades, traditional shadow theatres have been struggling to attract audiences and the master puppeteers of the old generation are worried the art form will die with them.

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