Shi Pei Pu

Shi Pei Pu
Shi before 1960
Born	(1938-12-21)21 December 1938 Shandong, Republic of China
Died	30 June 2009(2009-06-30) (aged 70) Paris, France
Nationality	Chinese
Alma mater	Yunnan University (University of Kunming)
Occupation(s)	Opera singer, spy
Partner	Bernard Boursicot
Children	Shi Du Du
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	時佩璞
Simplified Chinese	时佩璞
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shí Pèipú Gwoyeu Romatzyh Shyr Peypwu Wade–Giles Shih P'eip'u IPA [ʂɻ̩̌ pʰêɪpʰǔ]

Shi Pei Pu (Chinese: 时佩璞; pinyin: Shí Pèipú; 21 December 1938 – 30 June 2009)^[1] was a Chinese opera singer from Beijing. He became a spy and obtained secrets from Bernard Boursicot, an employee in the French embassy, during a 20-year-long sexual affair in which the performer convinced Boursicot that he was a woman. He claimed to have had a child that he insisted had been born through their relations. The story made headlines in France when the facts were revealed.

The affair inspired American David Henry Hwang's play M. Butterfly (1988), which was produced on Broadway. It was adapted as the 1993 film of the same title.