Bai Yushuang began to perform lead roles for the Yushun Opera Troupe. This company was owned by Mrs Bian, managed by her brother, and accompanied by her son on the "erhu", a situation which led to its being generally known as the Li Troupe ("Lijia Ban"). Bai Yushuang eventually changed its name to the North China Opera Troupe "Huáběi Xìshè"). She became notorious as a "slutty performer" (, "yínlíng") and "contaminant" following her performance as a fly spirit in the 1933 "Catching Flies" "Zhuō Cāngying"), when her costume consisted of a red dudou and tight white clothes under some long scarves, and was expelled from Beiping by its mayor for performing "obscene lyrics". The Chinese periodical "Women's Lives" reported icily that "thousands of square miles of Chinese territory have been occupied by the Japanese without any resistance, but if a woman offends public decency, she must be expelled."