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Chinese residents in Spain are being taught the skills of the matador with the hope that one day the bull fighting tradition may be...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eThe very Spanish tradition of bullfighting is attracting attention on the other side of the world. \u003cbr/\u003eChinese residents in Spain are being taught the skills of the matador with the hope that one day the bull fighting tradition may be exported to China. \u003cbr/\u003eThe graceful moves of the matador as practised by Zhan Binwei and Du Huarong. \u003cbr/\u003eThe waiters from China work in a local Asian restaurant in Spain's Southern province of C�diz. \u003cbr/\u003eIn their spare time they and other Chinese nationals living in the area are learning to bullfight. \u003cbr/\u003eThe lessons are given free of charge by veteran bullfighters and entrepreneurs.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I came here to work. Then I discovered that my coworkers were studying this (bullfighting). I was very interested. I used to watch it on Chinese television, and I was very interested.\"  says Du Huarong.\u003cbr/\u003eHer teacher say she shows talent, though she is not yet ready to face a young bull. \u003cbr/\u003eLin Feng, who arrived in Spain from Fuqian province Eastern China in 2005 , also works as a waiter. \u003cbr/\u003eHe says that he would like to return to China to pass on the skills he has learnt in Cadiz. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I am training now as a bullfighter. If I have the opportunity, I will go back to China to teach my friends\".\u003cbr/\u003eThe bullfighting school which opened in January 2013, is called Escuela Comarcal Campo de Gibraltar. \u003cbr/\u003eIt has training facilities in five towns in the province of Cadiz. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Asian students train alongside young Spaniards in the ranch El Algarrobo, Los Barrios town, under the guidance of owner and teacher, the veteran bullfighter Francisco Ruiz Miguel.\u003cbr/\u003eRuiz Miguel is also a bullfighting commentator on Andalusian television. \u003cbr/\u003eHe has not faced a bull professionally since 2012 when he was injured, but he has now recovered and plans to return to the bull ring as a matador on March 15 in C�diz.\u003cbr/\u003eMiguel began training the Chinese students earlier this year and communicates with them through a translator. \u003cbr/\u003e\"(The Chinese students) have been already taken to see bullfighting, because they like it. When (bullfighting entrepreneur) Carlos (Corbacho) contacted to them through the owner of a Chinese restaurant he was told that there was staff interested in the bullfighting tradition.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe alma mater of the project is Carlos Corbacho, a 71 year old bullfighting entrepreneur. \u003cbr/\u003e\"We have learnt that the Chinese have curiosity for everything. They are very interested in Spanish culture, like flamenco dancing, horses, singing� Then I thought, why not bullfighting?\" wonders Corbacho.\u003cbr/\u003eCorbacho and his colleagues hope to export several bullfighting traditions to China including recorte, a type of bullfight where the man jumps over the bull. \u003cbr/\u003e\"Recortador\" Juan Jos� Mart�nez Majete, from Valencia and his team of bull leapers recently visited the ranch school \"Los Alburejos\", property of Alvaro Domecq, one of the most influential bull breeders in the province, invited by Corbacho.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I believe in China there are very well trained athletes and very good leapers, but they have never worked with bulls. I am sure if they try with bulls we will see good specialists.\" says Mart�nez Majete.\u003cbr/\u003eThe veteran bullfighters behind the project are so keen to discover a Chinese talent that many of their friends in the sector are helping them by volunteering with facilities, animals and transportation.\u003cbr/\u003eThey hope to exploit the Chinese interest in bullfighting for commerical gain and to bring the tradition to a new audience. \u003cbr/\u003eHowever the traditional art of \"toreo\" is facing something of a crisis in Spain. \u003cbr/\u003eIn November 2013 Spanish legislators passed a law aimed at enshrining bullfighting as part of the nation's cultural heritage, but it remains to be seen if the bill will affect a 2012 ban on the blood-soaked pageants in the northeastern region of Catalonia.\u003cbr/\u003eThe bill stems from a petition from bullfighting supporters that got 600,000 signatures, among them those of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and Nobel winning author Mario Vargas Llosa. \u003cbr/\u003eBullfighting is no longer as popular in Spain as it was in the past mainly because of the country's crushing economic crisis and changing tastes. \u003cbr/\u003eSome 2,000 fights are still held yearly although crowd attendances have fallen drastically.\u003cbr/\u003eIn practice, the Catalonian ban had little impact because bullfighting had declined drastically in popularity.\u003cbr/\u003ePrior to Catalonia, bullfighting was outlawed in 1991 in the Canary Islands region. \u003cbr/\u003eTwo bullfights took place in Shangahi in 2004 and unlike the tradition in Spain, the bulls were not killed at the end. \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television News \u003cbr/\u003eLos Barrios town, C�diz province - 7 February 2014\u003cbr/\u003e1.Various of Chinese student Zhan Binwei and master Francisco Ruiz Miguel training with fake bull\u003cbr/\u003e2.Mid of a Chinese woman Du Huarong learning bullfighting positions with another student performing as a bull \u003cbr/\u003e3.Close of Chinese student and bullfighter Francisco Ruiz Miguel teaching her\u003cbr/\u003e4.Mid of Chinese woman learning bullfighting\u003cbr/\u003e5.Close of Zhan Binwei learning bullfighting\u003cbr/\u003e6.Mid of Chinese students applauding \u003cbr/\u003e7.Mid of a bull running into the ruedo in a corridor\u003cbr/\u003e8.  SOUNDBITE (Mandarin), Du Huarong, restaurant staff and bullfight student\u003cbr/\u003e\"I came here to work. Then I discovered that my co-workers were studying this (bullfighting). I was very interested. I used to watch it on Chinese television, and I was very interested.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e++Night shots++\u003cbr/\u003eLa L�nea de la Concepci�n town, C�diz province - 7 February 2014\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide of Chinese restaurant\u003cbr/\u003e10.Mid of Chinese student working in the restaurant\u003cbr/\u003e11.Close of Chinese student Du Huarong\u003cbr/\u003eLos Barrios town, C�diz province - 7 February 2014\u003cbr/\u003e12. Close up of bullfighting teacher and Chinese student\u003cbr/\u003e13. Wide of bullfighting teacher and Chinese student Lin Feng training\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin), Lin Feng,  restaurant staff and bullfighting student\u003cbr/\u003e\"I am here learning bullfighting. If I have the opportunity, I will teach bullfighting to my friends in China.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. Close up of bullfighting teacher Francisco Ruiz Miguel\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Francisco Ruiz Miguel, Spanish bullfighter\u003cbr/\u003e\"(The Chinese students) have already seen bullfighting, because they like it. When (bullfighting entrepreneur) Carlos (Corbacho) contacted them through the owner of a Chinese restaurant he was told that there were staff interested in the bullfighting tradition.\"\u003cbr/\u003eRanch Los Alburejos, C�diz province - 7 February 2014\u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide of bull ring\u003cbr/\u003e18. Wide of Francisco Ruiz Miguel bullfighting\u003cbr/\u003e19. Mid of Francisco Ruiz Miguel bullfighting\u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide of a mounted bullfighter and young bull\u003cbr/\u003e21. Close of young bull\u003cbr/\u003e22. Mid of novice bullfighter and bull\u003cbr/\u003e23. Wide of young bull charging against a novice\u003cbr/\u003e24. Wide of young bull in the ring\u003cbr/\u003e25. Mid of novice bullfighting\u003cbr/\u003e26. Close of novice with mounted bullfighter in the background\u003cbr/\u003e27. Mid of bullfighting entrepreneurs watching the training\u003cbr/\u003e28. Mid of a bull in the ring\u003cbr/\u003e29. Wide of bullfighting entrepreneurs\u003cbr/\u003e30. Close up of crutch \u003cbr/\u003e31. SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Carlos Corbacho, Bullfighting entrepreneur\u003cbr/\u003e\"We have learnt that the Chinese have a curiosity for everything. They are very interested in Spanish culture, like flamenco dancing, horses, singing� Then I thought, why not bullfighting?\"\u003cbr/\u003e32. Wide of a \"recortador\" or bull leaper and a bull in the ring\u003cbr/\u003e33. Close up of a bull leaper watching \u003cbr/\u003e34. Wide of a \"recortador\" leaping over the bull\u003cbr/\u003e35. Close up of a bull panting \u003cbr/\u003e36. Wide of a \"recortador\" leaping a bull with his legs tied\u003cbr/\u003e37. Wide of four \"recortadores\" leaping a bull\u003cbr/\u003e38. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juan Jos� Mart�nez Majete, Bull leaper\u003cbr/\u003e\"I believe in China there are very well trained athletes and very good leapers, but they have never worked with bulls. I am sure if they try with bulls we will see good specialists.\"\u003cbr/\u003e39. Close of a bull\u003cbr/\u003e40. Wide of two bulls\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television News \u003cbr/\u003eLos Barrios town, C�diz province - 7 February 2014\u003cbr/\u003e41. 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