Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Accuses Trump of Blackmail as its Apparatchiks Issue Bomb Threats to Get Dancers to Stop Dancing?!
If it weren’t for the double standards of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), there truly would be no standards at all. The projection is so thick, people need a lighthouse to find their way to a sane foundation.
As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accuses former President Donald Trump of “blackmailing” China with tariffs, a far more sinister form of blackmail is playing out under the radar—one that targets dancers, artists, and audiences with violence and fear.
Leeshai Lemish, emcee and spokesperson for Shen Yun Performing Arts, and Levi Browde, Executive Director of the Falun Dafa Information Center, are available for interviews and commentary to expose the CCP’s escalating campaign of coercion and intimidation against Shen Yun—a world-renowned performing arts company that dares to celebrate traditional Chinese culture and expose human rights abuses in China.
“Calling Trump’s trade strategy ‘blackmail’ is laughable,” says Lemish. “What the CCP is doing to Shen Yun—threatening theaters with bomb threats, calling in mass shooting hoaxes, and pressuring venues and local governments behind the scenes—is blackmail on steroids.”
Shen Yun’s dancers, many of whom fled persecution in China, have been repeatedly targeted by the CCP’s operatives abroad. Some performers have received direct threats. Venues have been inundated with anonymous warnings, and ticketholders have even been harassed. The goal: silence an artistic movement that reveals the true nature of the regime.
“This is the same Party that censors speech, jails journalists, and brutalizes dissidents,” adds Browde. “Now it’s using terrorism-style tactics to stop people from watching a dance performance. That’s the CCP’s version of diplomacy.”
At a time when the CCP is crying foul over tariffs and international pressure, Lemish and Browde offer a critical reminder: no one understands coercion better than the CCP. They have lived it, studied it, and continue to expose it on the global stage.
Lemish and Browde are available to discuss this hypocrisy, the importance of protecting artistic freedom, and what Shen Yun’s global success reveals about the Chinese people’s spirit—and the regime’s fear of it.
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OPTIONAL Q&A:
- The CCP has accused Donald Trump of “blackmail” through tariffs—yet Shen Yun has faced bomb threats, mass shooting hoaxes, and venue harassment. Can you describe the scope of these threats and what it reveals about the CCP’s methods?
- Why is the CCP so afraid of a performing arts company like Shen Yun? What is it about the show that triggers this level of aggression from Beijing?
- Can you share specific examples of how theaters or performers have been targeted by the CCP’s intimidation tactics, especially in recent tours?
- How do these threats impact the performers and the logistics of putting on a show? And what kind of response do you get from venues when they face this kind of pressure?
- Do you believe these threats are coordinated at the highest levels of the CCP, or are they coming from local consulates and affiliated groups abroad?
- What role should Western governments, law enforcement, and the public play in protecting groups like Shen Yun from this kind of foreign intimidation?
- Given the CCP’s growing influence and reach overseas, are you seeing more aggressive attempts to suppress Shen Yun in recent years—or is this something that’s been escalating steadily over time?
- Despite the threats, Shen Yun continues to sell out theaters and expand globally. What does that say about audiences, and how do you interpret the CCP’s fear of cultural expression?
- Where can we learn more about the beautiful art of Shen Yun, and how it motivates others?
- The official website can be found here. Tickets to shows are also available there for purchase.
ABOUT LEESHAI LEMISH…
Leeshai Lemish has been with Shen Yun for 18 years. 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 LEVI BROWDE…
Levi 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.
A career software entrepreneur, Levi’s life changed dramatically in 1999 when his best friend came to the office one morning and announced the Chinese Communist Party had taken away his mother in Beijing to be tortured and “brainwashed.” This marked the beginning of his volunteer work to defend human rights in China. Two years later, Levi himself was detained in a Chinese jail outside Beijing for secretly meeting with Western reporters and protesting on Tiananmen Square.
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.
Samples of Levi on camera:
https://tv.faluninfo.net/unmasking-chinas-gestapo-610-office/
https://tv.faluninfo.net/levi-browde-exposes-the-new-york-times-distorted-coverage-of-human-rights/
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