Lincoln Center Theater at Heart of GLOBAL Geopolitical Conflict
Shen Yun is an American company, based in New York State, a short drive from Manhattan. The world-renowned performing arts company dedicated to reviving 5,000 years of Chinese culture, is currently captivating audiences at the Lincoln Center in New York City, now through April 12. Yet, just blocks away from this cultural celebration, The New York Times continues its pattern of publishing hit pieces against Shen Yun, echoing talking points that align with the interests of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
New York City is no stranger to being known as Ground Zero either. It’s actually the moniker for the location where the twin towers of the World Trade Center once stood.
Shen Yun’s presence in New York should be a point of pride for the city. It is a New York-based company, performing in one of the most prestigious venues in the world, bringing an unparalleled artistic experience to audiences. However, instead of celebrating this homegrown success, The New York Times has repeatedly maligned the group with misleading coverage. Meanwhile, Shen Yun performers and staff have been subjected to bomb threats and mass shooting threats, traced back to entities linked to the CCP.
Leeshai Lemish, Shen Yun’s longtime spokesman and emcee, has witnessed firsthand the escalating campaign against the group. He even has some late developments he can share about bomb threats. This includes extremely significant cyber-attacks to the Shen Yun website. With years of experience confronting misinformation and advocating for artistic freedom, Lemish is available to discuss how the CCP’s influence reaches beyond China’s borders—including into the pages of The New York Times.
This story has profound local, state, national, and international implications. In an era where freedom of expression is increasingly under attack, New York City—home to Shen Yun and The New York Times—finds itself once again at the epicenter of a battle between truth and propaganda.
With Shen Yun’s performances ongoing at Lincoln Center, now is the time to examine why a New York institution is under siege in its own city and why one of America’s most prominent newspapers is complicit in the silencing of artists standing up to authoritarianism.
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OPTIONAL Q&A:
- Shen Yun is a New York-based company performing at Lincoln Center—why do you think The New York Times has repeatedly published negative coverage about the group?
- The threats against Shen Yun, including bomb and mass shooting threats, have been traced back to the Chinese Communist Party. What evidence is there of the CCP’s involvement?
- How does the CCP’s campaign against Shen Yun compare to its broader efforts to silence critics abroad?
- What has been the impact of these attacks on Shen Yun’s performers and staff, both emotionally and logistically?
- Do you believe The New York Times is knowingly amplifying CCP narratives, or do you think their coverage is driven by other factors?
- What message do you think Shen Yun’s performances send to audiences, and why would the CCP see that as a threat?
- Have Shen Yun representatives reached out to The New York Times to correct their reporting? If so, what was the response?
- As someone who has been with Shen Yun for years, what has been the most shocking or revealing moment in witnessing this coordinated effort against the company?
- 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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