American Dance Company Holding Press Conference, Blocks from New York Times that Has Been Smearing the Group with Hit Pieces
Shen Yun in the Crosshairs: What’s Behind the Bomb Threats, Allegations, and Lawsuits?
As Shen Yun opens at Lincoln Center, our press event WEDNESDAY reveals the inside story from Shen Yun staff, artists, and experts
NEW YORK – Bomb threats. Weaponized legal system. Attempted bribery of U.S. government officials. A global disinformation blitz. The world’s premier classical Chinese dance company is facing an unprecedented assault—one that extends far beyond the stage and into the heart of America’s legal, media, and national security institutions.
After seventeen years of unprecedented growth and global accolades, Shen Yun Performing Arts found itself the target of a multi-pronged campaign aimed at destroying the dance company and vilifying Falun Gong—the traditional Buddhist-based faith of Shen Yun’s founders.
Shen Yun celebrates the beauty and spirituality of Chinese culture before communism. It also highlights the atrocities of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which has worked to systematically erase that heritage. The message and popularity of Shen Yun has led the CCP to launch an unprecedented campaign to “eliminate Falun Gong globally.” This campaign has included constant bomb and death threats; attempts to bribe U.S. government agencies; a lawsuit filed by a foreign national with public ties to the Chinese government; and the enlistment of social media influencers, whose messages are now crossing over into mainstream media.
“China’s decades-long persecution of Falun Gong members in China is well known, but almost two years ago, we learned that the Chinese regime planned to dramatically escalate its campaign to destroy our company and foster hatred for our faith right here in America,” says Shen Yun Vice President, Ms. Ying Chen. “Over the past year, that’s exactly what they have tried to do, resulting in sensational headlines, the weaponization of our legal system, and horrifying threats to bomb, shoot, and rape our performers. At this press event, we will disclose the full scope of this illicit campaign.”
We invite you to this press conference Wednesday at Lincoln Center.
Press Event Highlights:
· Shattering the Narrative: Unveiling petition results that shatter recent media narratives
· Meet the performers: Interview opportunities with Shen Yun performers
· Student and Parent Insight: The perspectives of the parents and the students who perform with Shen Yun
· Transnational Repression: Explore how the CCP’s tactics pose a growing threat on U.S. soil
NOTE: An RSVP is required to attend. To RSVP or for more information, contact Ying Chen at ying.chen@shenyunperformingarts.org
Schedule an interview with a Shen Yun spokesman today!!
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OPTIONAL Q&A:
- How has Shen Yun’s mission to celebrate pre-communist Chinese culture made it a target of the Chinese Communist Party?
- Can you share any specific instances of bomb threats or other direct attacks against Shen Yun, and how the company has responded?
- What do you believe is the Chinese government’s ultimate goal in its campaign against Shen Yun and Falun Gong?
- How have Shen Yun performers and staff been personally affected by the threats and disinformation campaigns?
- Can you speak to the legal battle involving the foreign national with ties to the CCP and what it means for Shen Yun?
- What role do social media influencers play in spreading anti-Shen Yun narratives, and how have these messages infiltrated mainstream media?
- Beyond Shen Yun, how does the CCP’s transnational repression threaten freedom of expression in the U.S.?
- What can the American public do to support Shen Yun and counter the CCP’s efforts to suppress its message?
- 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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