Shen Yun Performing Arts Responds to Media Attacks

Shen Yun Performing Arts says recent media reporting about it is “riddled with gross distortion” and aids Beijing’s global campaign to malign the arts company, which was founded by first generation immigrants and artists fleeing persecution in China. Headquartered in upstate New York, Shen Yun was founded in 2006 with a mission to revive traditional culture and showcase a China as it existed before communism. Each year, the classical Chinese dance and music company performs for a live audience of over a million people around the world. Most prominently, The New York Times on August 15 published an article in both English and Chinese attacking Shen Yun largely based on interviews with disgruntled former employees....