Why the CCP Is Targeting an American Performing Arts Company | Steve Lance
About this episode
The episode discusses the targeting of Shen Yun by the CCP and the related investigations into bribery and foreign influence.
Shen Yun is an American performing arts company that sells out venues worldwide. Before shows, bomb threats come in. Theaters get swept. Tour buses need overnight security to prevent sabotage. Incidents have been reported across the United States, including California. The question is why what investigators describe as a foreign government campaign keeps reaching an American company on American soil. A separate but related track runs through federal court. A California-based Chinese agent was caught by the FBI attempting to bribe IRS officials into revoking Shen Yun’s nonprofit status. Investigators say that the case is one documented node in a campaign our guests describe as escalating. Steve Lance, executive producer at Sincere Pictures, and Levi Browde, executive director of the Falun Info Center, join Levi’s son Lucas, a principal dancer with Shen Yun, and musician Rachel Chen to walk through what the investigation found and what the documentary “Unbroken” documents in full. *Views expressed in this video/article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of California Insider.
People in this episode
Guests: Steve Lance, Levi Browde, Lucas, Rachel Chen
Topics covered
- CCP targeting
- performing arts
- foreign government campaign
- investigation
- Shen Yun
- bribery
- nonprofit status
Keywords
- CCP
- Shen Yun
- performing arts
- bribery
- FBI
- IRS
- foreign influence
- investigation
- Unbroken
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Shen Yun, Sincere Pictures, Falun Info Center, IRS, FBI
Books & works: Unbroken
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