Email Threats to Shen Yun Dancers Traced back to Chinese Company Accused of Espionage on Behalf of the CCP
Police investigations have traced the origin of bombing and mass shooting threats sent to Shen Yun dancers, to the Huawei Research Institute in Xi’an, China. The Shen Yun performing arts is currently in Taiwan, where the threats were received.
Newsmakers Leeshai Lemish, an emcee for Shen Yun, who has been with the American company since 2006 has witnessed these threats firsthand and can discuss them further. Levi Browde is the Executive Director of Falun Dafa and is very familiar with the challenges facing Shen Yun.
For years, the U.S. has suspected Huawei of engaging in corporate espionage on behalf of the CCP. If these threats against Shen Yun come from Huawei, it’s even further evidence that the CCP is behind them.
As China’s Communist Party (CCP) continues to accuse others of coercion and blackmail, a disturbing pattern of real-world intimidation is once again surfacing—this time involving threats of mass violence and a major Chinese tech firm, suspected of doing the bidding of the CCP.
Browde and Lemish, spokesmen for Shen Yun Performing Arts and the Falun Dafa Information Center, are available for interviews following a wave of bomb and shooting threats sent to government agencies and venues across Taiwan—directly tied to Shen Yun’s recent tour there.
This is more than a cyber incident—it’s a coordinated campaign of fear designed to silence a peaceful group of artists whose only “crime” is performing classical Chinese dance while exposing human rights abuses, particularly the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China.
The threats—13 confirmed cases so far—included chilling messages about detonating explosives at Shen Yun performances and shooting attendees. According to Taiwanese authorities, the emails bore hallmarks of China’s cyber army, using politically charged handles referencing the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Despite using overseas VPNs to mask the source, digital forensics traced the network traffic back to Huawei facilities.
“This is what the CCP does when it feels threatened by truth and culture,” says Browde. “They attack artists, venues, and even civilians to stop the spread of ideas they can’t control.”
Adds Lemish: “When Huawei talks about global innovation, we should ask—at what cost? These aren’t just tech engineers. They’re part of an ecosystem of surveillance, suppression, and intimidation.”
In a world where authoritarian regimes increasingly export fear, Lemish and Browde are ready to speak out. They offer sharp insight on the CCP’s playbook, the role of Chinese corporations in foreign interference, and why protecting artistic freedom is more important than ever.
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:
- What is the significance of the Taiwanese police tracing these bomb threats back to a Huawei research institute in Xi’an? How credible is this link?
- Why does the Chinese Communist Party go to such extreme lengths—like threatening bombings—to try and stop Shen Yun performances?
- Can you explain how Shen Yun, a performing arts company, poses such a threat to the CCP that it resorts to threats of mass violence?
- What is the connection between Huawei and the Chinese state’s broader surveillance and suppression apparatus, especially in relation to Falun Gong?
- Do you believe these intimidation tactics are directed by the CCP itself, or are tech firms like Huawei acting independently on behalf of the regime?
- Have other countries experienced similar threats or interference related to Shen Yun tours, and if so, can you share some examples?
- What steps should governments and international organizations take when Chinese companies or operatives are tied to threats against civilian events like Shen Yun?
- How does Shen Yun continue to grow and tour internationally despite such coordinated efforts by the CCP to silence it?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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