Chinese Communist Party Behind Intimidation Tactics Inside the U.S.
The situation between Falun Gong and Chinese government has gotten so far out of hand that death threats are now making the rounds.
Prior to a performance earlier this month, the Falun Dafa Association of Atlanta confirmed that it received a death threat, issued by someone calling themselves the “Fourteenth Dalai Lama.”
“Atlanta Symphony Hall will be attacked if Shen Yun is shown!!!” the threat read, complete with an image of a gun, bullets and clips. The performance went on as planned, but it’s getting really out of hand.
“The Chinese Communist Party is behind this. They have been doing their utmost against Shen Yun to sabotage to make these so far unfounded threats,” Mary Silver of the Falun Dafa Association of Atlanta said.
“They have tried this many times in the past 6 months. There has been an escalation in their activities. But none of the Shen Yun Shows have been delayed or canceled because of this,” Frank Xie also with the Falun Safa Association of Atlanta added.
A spokesperson for the group joins us now to discuss the matter further. Welcome to the show.
Q&A:
- Why would someone go as far as to threaten performers of a show as exquisite as Shen Yun?
- Why do you believe the Chinese Communist Party has such a grudge against Shen Yun and, for that matter, Falun Gong?
- Could we potentially see other threats like this at future performances? Will that affect the show in any way?
- Will threats such as these get in the way of what Shen Yun has scheduled for the 2025 season?
- 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.
FROM SHEN YUN
FROM FALUN DAFA INFORMATION CENTER
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/
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