The encyclopedia covers the theatre of East, Southeast and South Asia, past and present. My role was editor of entries on Chinese traditional theatre. I was also author of entries entitled 'Ache Lhamo', 'Bangzi qiang', 'Censorship: China, Xiqu Censorship', 'Censorship: Vietnam', 'Cheng Changgeng (1811-1880)', 'China', 'China: Ethnic Minorities Theatres and Regional Theatre', 'Folk Theatre: Vietnam', 'Masks: China', 'Mongolia', 'Politics in Theatre: China', 'Politics in Theatre: Vietnam', 'Religion in Theatre: China', 'Storytelling: China', 'Tan Xinpei', ' Theatre Companies: China', 'Tibet', 'Wei Changsheng', 'Women in Asian Theatre: China', 'Xinbian lishi ju', 'Yueju, Cantonese Yueju', 'Yu Sansheng (1802-1866)', 'Yu Shuyan (1890-1943)', 'Zhang Erkui (1814-1864)'. In addition I was co-author of entries on the following: 'Actors and Acting: China', 'China: Post-1949 Reform', 'Jingju', 'Playwrights and Playwriting: China', 'Puppet Theatre: China', 'Stages: China', 'Theatres: China', 'Theory: China', 'Training: China'.