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The spark which first inspired its<br />

creation was ignited during the<br />

International Book Fair in<br />

Beijing when Mr. Luk Chi-<br />

Cheong, Hong Kong designer of the<br />

album, came across the Trierenberg<br />

ThinPrint Magazine “Top Paper” and<br />

Image Book which were both printed on<br />

TerStar Plus 65 g/m2 T<br />

. “The unique Chinese<br />

silk texture and the special design of the<br />

butterfly folding pages was utterly inspirational”.<br />

Mr. Luk made a dec<strong>is</strong>ion with<br />

Oxford University Press China, to use<br />

TerStar Plus to create the special pages of<br />

th<strong>is</strong> album.<br />

Biography of Madam Bai Xuesian<br />

Bai Xuesian was born in April, 1926 in<br />

Guangzhou, mainland China. After fin<strong>is</strong>hing<br />

her secondary education in Hong Kong,<br />

she soon became immersed in the world of<br />

Cantonese opera. At the age<br />

of 12, she trained under Xue<br />

Luexian and performed with<br />

the Juexiansheng Opera<br />

Troupe. She began to make<br />

an impact during the war,<br />

performing for various<br />

troupes. She became the<br />

leading player for the<br />

Juntianhua Opera Troupe by<br />

the age of 16. Following th<strong>is</strong><br />

time, she joined the Xinsheng<br />

Troupe and began a long<br />

association with fellow actor Ren Juanhui<br />

(who specialized in male roles). In 1956,<br />

she formed the Xianfengming Opera<br />

Troupe in partnership with Ren Jianhui.<br />

The partnership was a long-lasting one for<br />

the pair, who are also firm friends in private<br />

life. Both retired from the stage in 1966 for<br />

health reasons.<br />

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Trierenberg ThinPrint shares honour with the “world of Cantonese opera”<br />

By Keith Li, T.S.P. Dragon<br />

T.S.P. Dragon in China and its partner Hing Tai Hong Paper Ltd. co-sponsored the <strong>paper</strong> and binding materials for limited edition Commemorative<br />

Albums of Madam Bai Xuesian; the most prominent star of Cantonese opera. The album <strong>is</strong> publ<strong>is</strong>hed only for anniversary and charity shows.<br />

Hailed affectionately as the<br />

“Opera Fans’ Lover”, Bai<br />

Xuesian has made more than<br />

300 films in her illustrious<br />

career and has been a household<br />

name in Cantonese<br />

speaking communities across<br />

the world since the early<br />

1950s. She and Ren Jianhui<br />

remain active in supporting<br />

and training new talent under<br />

the banner of the Chufengming<br />

Opera Troupe. A serious<br />

and innovative performer, her contribution<br />

to the art of Cantonese opera<br />

remains profound. She received an honorary<br />

doctoral degree from the Hong Kong<br />

Academy for Performing Arts in 1996 and<br />

the Lifetime Achievement Award at the<br />

20th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2001.<br />

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