Agents of CCP Increasingly Arrested inside the United States
The good news is that an increasing number of spies for the Communist Chinese Party (CCP) inside the United States are being arrested. That’s also the bad news because it means we’re seeing an uptick in espionage from China, which very well could indicate aggression, desperation, or a combination of both. Authorities just arrested two spies from the CCP on American soil, as well as several others near a U.S. military installation in Guam.
Another two members of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) were arrested for targeting members of the Shen Yun Performing Arts Center. Again, this is not surprising when just a few weeks ago, we learned that China’s President XI Jinping has referred to the rise of the Shen Yun dance as ‘dire’ to the safety and security of China.
Wait. Did I say the president of China is afraid of dance? Yes, you read that right. It’s a form of Asian Footloose. Shen Yun is not only forbidden within China’s borders but there’s a reason why Chinese spies were sent to the U.S. mainland to target Shen Yun here. That reason has to do with the perceived threat it poses to communism.
For starters, why would a form of dance be so terrifying to China’s president? Second, what business does he have sending spies to the U.S. who intend to intimidate these dancers? On one hand, it speaks to the power of the purveyors of a demonstration of centuries-old Chinese culture, over the Communist president of their country. On other hand, it speaks to the fear and audacity of that president to infiltrate a foreign country in order to deal with the perceived threat of dance.
It seems that Xi may be expending an awful lot of political capital over extinguishing something so harmless. Ah, but it’s not harmless to the CCP in ways not dissimilar from how light is not harmless to darkness or how truth is not harmless to lies or how joy is not harmless to sorrow.
With that, a spokesperson for Shen Yun joins us now to discuss this report further, as well as what lies ahead for the show.
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Q&A:
- Why do you think Shen Yun, a dance performance, is perceived as such a significant threat by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and President Xi Jinping?
- What is it about Shen Yun’s portrayal of Chinese culture that provokes such an intense reaction from the CCP? Is it purely about ideology, or is there something more?
- What message does the CCP’s targeting of Shen Yun performers send about their stance on cultural expression and artistic freedom?
- How does the CCP’s infiltration and intimidation in the U.S. to suppress Shen Yun impact global perceptions of China’s authoritarian reach?
- Can you explain the significance of Shen Yun to the global community and why the CCP would go to such lengths to prevent its success?
- What role does Shen Yun play in preserving and promoting traditional Chinese culture, and how does that conflict with the CCP’s narrative?
- Do you believe the arrests of these Chinese spies will deter future attempts by the CCP to suppress Shen Yun or other perceived threats abroad? Why or why not?
- How can the U.S. and other countries better protect artistic and cultural organizations like Shen Yun from foreign interference? What specific measures would you recommend?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 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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS3RS4vJguI
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/
ABOUT LEESHAI LEMISH…
Leeshai Lemish was born in the United States. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Chinese history 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 published in both English and Chinese. He joined Shen Yun Performing Arts when the company was founded in 2006 and has since emceed around 1,500 performances with the company, appearing with Shen Yun at prestigious theaters such as Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center in the U.S., the London Coliseum, Tokyo Opera City, and many other venues around the world.
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