Chinese Embassy Pressures Local Officials to Block Shen Yun Performances in Mexico

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A New York-based performing arts company whose mission is to revive traditional Chinese culture on the world stage has continued to find itself the target of the regime’s long-arm interference campaign. Over the years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has orchestrated a range of ploys in a bid to thwart or sabotage the annual world tour of Shen Yun Performing Arts, from applying diplomatic pressure on host theaters and governments to running state media-backed ad campaigns. Beijing has been targeting Shen Yun, a classical Chinese dance company whose performance this year seeks to depict “China before communism,” since its inception in 2006. ...

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