New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts, the world’s premiere classical Chinese dance company, says that the latest in a string of articles by The New York Times attacking the group is “riddled with inaccuracies.”
“The recent Times articles that have appeared over the past several months are precisely an attack on the faith that drives us and the hard work that characterizes our performance culture,” Shen Yun said in a Nov. 17 statement.
Shen Yun, which has eight ensembles touring the world each year under the tagline, “China before communism,” is a top target of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which considers its display of traditional Chinese culture as a threat to its control. The CCP has used various tactics to sabotage the show, ranging from diplomatic pressure on theaters and officials to arresting China-based family members of performers….