CHINOPERL: Journal of Chinese Oral and Performing Literature, formerly CHINOPERL Papers and CHINOPERL News, is a peer-reviewed[3] American academic journal dedicated to the study of Chinese performing arts like quyi and xiqu (Chinese opera).

[4] The acronym CHINOPERL for Chinese Oral and Performing Literature was coined by Yuen Ren Chao.

[5] The CHINOPERL (Chinese Oral and Performing Literature) organization was founded in 1969 by a group of sinologists which included Yuen Ren Chao and his daughter Rulan Chao Pian, Nicholas Bodman, Milena Dolezelova, and Wolfram Eberhard, during a meeting at Cornell University.

[5] Its official publication was initially a newsletter titled CHINOPERL News.

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