Witness to House: Protecting Shen Yun Performers From Threats, Attacks Must Be ‘a Priority’

Peter Mattis, an expert on U.S.–China relations, says threats against Shen Yun performers throughout the United States must be investigated as a “priority” for both local and federal authorities, as he testified at a Wednesday House Committee hearing on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) efforts to infiltrate and influence the United States, titled “Defending America from the Chinese Communist Party’s Political Warfare, Part I.” Mr. Mattis, who is the president of the Jamestown Foundation, responded to a question from Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), who says she has heard of several threats and attacks against performers of the popular traditional Chinese dance show, which seeks to portray the culture and traditional dance of China before Communism....