Media
At the National Press Club the day after the Kennedy Center Bomb Threat
In-depth interview with John B. Wells
NTD: Threats Targeting NY Dance Company
Interview with Tiffany Meier
CPDC Webinar: Xi’s Transnational Repression
Weaponizing the NY Times and friends against Falun Gong in America
CCP threats targeting US-based Shen Yun
Interview on the John Solomon podcast
Interview no SiriusXM Patriot 125
Shen Yun faces uptick in bomb threats amid opposition from CCP
肯尼迪中心遭炸弹威胁 神韵吁美政府调查 (news report and interview in Chinese)
Capitol Report: Kennedy Center Bomb Threats
Steve Lance interviews
Report about the Kennedy Center bomb threats
Gary Jeff Walker interviews Shen Yun’s Leeshai Lemish
If genocide was a currency, China…
Kathleen Winn speaks with Leeshai Lemish
Chinese regime censors US company in South Korea
Why is the CCP trying to destroy this show?
American Thought Leaders Interview
Shen Yun Shatters Communist Party Narratives, Prompting Attacks by China’s Regime
Video Report: Seoul Cancels Shen Yun Performance
Who’s behind the censorship in Korea?
Radio Interview: Overnight with Susie Elelman
Interview on a range of topics ahead of Shen Yun’s Sydney performances
Article from Southern California paper that touches upon sabotage attempts
El Mundo (Spanish): China Tries to Ban Premier Performance in Barcelona
Author Juan Pablo Cardenal writes about the consulate’s attempts to cancel performances in Spain.
Informativos.net (Spanish): Two ‘Shen Yun’ Interviews for Understanding China Today
Includes both an article and uncut interviews with me and MC partner Meilin Klemann
Berliner-Zeitung (German): Censorship – Chinese Embassy Wanted to Prevent Dance Theatre
“Cold War at Potsdamer Platz…”
EU Observer: Belgian Police Try to Censor Posters Ahead of China Visit
When the Chinese embassy tried using flags to hide Shen Yun posters from Xi Jinping.
Seattle King5 News: China Asks Seattle Leaders to Skip Dance Troupe Performance
“The Chinese government has asked Seattle’s elected leaders to skip an upcoming performance by a New York-based Chinese-American dance troupe.”
Washington Times: An Empty Seat a Broken Heart
Op-ed by Shen Yun’s erhu soloist Mei Xuan about her husband’s abduction.
Brief Mention on The View (video clip)
Joy Behar talks about seeing Shen Yun and how it cannot perform in China.
The Epoch Times: Hong Kong Court Upholds Freedom and Shen Yun
“A landmark court ruling on March 9 in Hong Kong has successfully overturned the Immigration Department’s decision to refuse entry of key members of the Shen Yun Performing Arts company last year.”
The Wall Street Journal – Hong Kong and the Falun Gong Drama
“One more sign that the territory is bowing to China’s mandarins”
South China Morning Post: Dance Troupe Cancels Falun Gong Shows
About the cancellation of seven sold-out shows in Hong Kong.
LA Times: O.C. Official ‘Insulted’ by China Letter
Orange Country Board of Supervisors chairman, who received the letter, called it: “An attempt by a foreign government to dictate to American elected officials”
New Zealand 3News (Video): Chinese Govt Request ‘Breach of Human Rights’
“The Chinese government has been told to butt out of local politics after apparently asking Auckland councillors to stay away from a dance show.”
Amnesty International: Urgent Action for Shen Yun Performer’s Husband
Jiang Feng may have been detained in order to pressure her to cease her involvement with the Shen Yun Performing Arts group
ARTICLES
Chinese communists terrified of dancers
New Statesman: China’s Other World
Leeshai Lemish tells of his and Ethan Gutmann’s journey into the persecution of Falun Gong
New Statesman: Why is Falun Gong Banned
The history and causes of the CCP’s campaign
New Statesman: Being a Falun Gong Practitioner
Often in the news but rarely understood
New Statesman: Falun Gong – Defying the Odds
Falun Gong’s resistance and the complicity of the West
The Diplomat: The Long Arm of Chinese Censorship Reaches South Korea
A good summary of the Seoul KBS incident in context
An article for the overseas-Chinese publication Beijing Spring summarizing these incidents and their causes