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Bernard Boursicot (born 12 August 1944) is a French diplomat who was caught in a Chinese honeypot trap (seducing him to participate in espionage) by Shi Pei Pu, a male Peking opera singer who performed female roles, whom Boursicot claimed he believed to be female.
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.
Bernard Boursicot, once and future spy, will arrive before a new safe will. He flies into Beijing in April 1977, and one of his concerns is espionage, the excitement of which he has frankly...
Jun 30, 2019 · In the mid-1960s, Shi was a mildly successful actor and Beijing opera singer when he met French diplomat Bernard Boursicot. Shi, who could speak fluent French, was also a Chinese teacher in the...
Sep 21, 2017 · Boursicot was a French embassy worker in Beijing who fell in love with a male opera singer who lied to him for years. He was convicted of espionage and still denies knowing his lover's true identity.
Nov 13, 2023 · Shi Pei Pu was a male opera singer who deceived French diplomat Bernard Boursicot into believing he was a woman for 18 years. They were both arrested for spying in 1983, and their story became a scandal in France.
Jul 2, 2009 · In the 1988 Broadway play and the 1993 film “M. Butterfly,” Bernard Boursicot was depicted as a high-ranking diplomat and Shi Pei Pu as a beautiful female opera singer who met in 1964.
