Strait to Streets: From Choke Points in Iran to the American Homeland, China’s War with U.S. is HERE
As global attention locks onto the escalating crisis in the Strait of Hormuz—where tensions involving Iran, U.S. naval forces, and Chinese-linked tankers are raising fears of a broader confrontation—it’s becoming clear this is more than a regional flashpoint. It’s a revealing glimpse into China’s strategy of projecting power through proxies while avoiding direct conflict with the United States.
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That same strategy is now surfacing much closer to home.
Steve Lance (executive producer of a powerful new documentary film) or Levi Browde (Executive Director of the Falun Dafa Information Center), who is featured prominently in the documentary, viewers are introduced into a much starker reality. Overt threats of a hot war on U.S. soil are literally being made right now. The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) tactics abroad are increasingly being mirrored inside the United States through intimidation campaigns targeting Americans.
- Thuggish (not implied) CCP tactics abroad now surfacing on American soil
- Iran proxy Iran reveals China’s indirect warfare strategy
- Shen Yun threats expose transnational repression tactics
- Cultural targets often first in geopolitical intimidation campaigns
- Domestic incidents signal broader national security vulnerability
Unbroken centers in New York. It is a film about a national security story hiding in plain sight.
Threats that must be taken seriously in crowded venues all over the country are escalating. This includes bomb threats, mass shooting threats, and coordinated harassment efforts. These incidents reflect a pattern long associated with the CCP’s efforts to silence dissent globally—now appearing within U.S. borders.
The connection to current headlines is direct.
China’s posture in the Iran conflict—leveraging its alignment with Tehran while testing U.S. resolve in strategic chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz—demonstrates a broader doctrine: apply pressure asymmetrically, exploit gray zones, and expand influence without triggering full-scale war.
That same playbook appears to be unfolding domestically.
Steve Lance and Levi Browde can discuss:
- How CCP-linked intimidation tactics have migrated onto U.S. soil
- Why cultural and religious groups are often early targets
- What current Iran tensions reveal about China’s long-term strategy
- How foreign coercion may already be affecting Americans
- What this signals for U.S. national security moving forward
This is an opportunity to connect the dots between global conflict and domestic impact—linking a volatile standoff in the Persian Gulf to real-world threats playing out in American cities.
Relevant Article(s):
(3) Live updates: Trump says China agrees not to send weapons to Iran | AP News
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OPTIONAL Q&A:
- What does the current Strait of Hormuz crisis reveal about China’s broader geopolitical strategy?
- How is China using Iran as a proxy to challenge U.S. power without direct conflict?
- Are the threats against Shen Yun performers in the U.S. part of a larger CCP playbook?
- Why would the CCP target a dance company operating on American soil?
- What do these intimidation tactics signal about China’s willingness to operate inside the United States?
- Is the U.S. already experiencing a form of asymmetric conflict with China domestically?
- How do cultural and religious groups become early targets in geopolitical power struggles?
- What should Americans and policymakers be watching next as these patterns escalate?
ABOUT STEVE LANCE…
Steve Lance is Executive Producer of the film. He focuses on investigative documentaries and cinematic storytelling rooted in real-world events. In UNBROKEN: The Untold Story of Shen Yun, Lance leads the film’s investigative narrative, examining threats, sabotage attempts, and the broader campaign targeting the performing arts company. Lance is also an investigative journalist and Vice President of NTD Television.
ABOUT LEVI BROWDE…
Browde serves as the Executive Director with the New York-based Falun Dafa Information Center – an organization dedicated to ending the human rights abuses against people who practice Falun Gong in China.
Over the past 20 years, Browde has been interviewed and quoted by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, CNN, the Associated Press, TIME Magazine, BBC, AFP, and other media outlets. He has spoken about Falun Gong and human rights in China at briefings on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, at the United Nations human rights sessions in Geneva, Switzerland.
Browde studied East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University and is an avid supporter of traditional Chinese culture. He founded several software start-ups, and lives in New York with his wife and two sons.
ABOUT LEESHAI LEMISH…
Leeshai Lemish has been with Shen Yun since 2006. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Chinese history and language from Pomona College, California, and his master’s in international relations from the London School of Economics. He has spent extended periods studying, working, and conducting research throughout East Asia, and has authored articles on Chinese current affairs in both English and Chinese.
He joined Shen Yun Performing Arts as an MC when the company was founded in 2006 and has since emceed close to two thousand performances with the company, taking the stage with Shen Yun at prestigious theaters such as Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center, the London Coliseum, Tokyo Opera City, and many others worldwide. In addition to his performance role, he has tracked and documented on his website over 100 cases of the Chinese Communist Party and its agents trying to sabotage Shen Yun internationally. He has testified on transnational repression in front of Congress, has been a featured guest on television and radio shows around the world, and is the host of the podcast Shen Yun Voices.
ABOUT YING CHEN…
Ying Chen is an orchestra conductor who has been with Shen Yun from the very beginning. She can offer insights and personal stories about how Shen Yun started as an all-volunteer group of first- generation immigrants, and through hard work, faith, and a relentless dedication to a grand vision to revive a culture almost destroyed in communist China, created the fastest growing performing arts company in American history.
Ying can also tell the horrific story of her family’s detention and torture in China, an experience that helped drive her and the entire community at Shen Yun to create a production that would shed light on the tyranny of the Chinese communist regime, while also inspiring people around the world with hope and a renewed sense of our common humanity.
The story of Ying, her family, and community at Shen Yun is a quintessential tale of facing the evils of the world with resilience and faith, and never letting others, even the largest totalitarian regime on earth, take away one’s hope.TO SCHEDULE AN INTERVIEW, CALL OR TEXT 512-966-0983 OR EMAIL BOOKINGS@SPECIALGUESTS.COM
