Shen Yun promotes dance performances in Colorado after being sued for violations of child labor

Shen Yun Performing Arts, the traveling dance troop behind elaborate performances that show “China before communism”, was sued by a former dancer and is also examined because of his supposedly abusive child work practices, which were reported by reported by reported were reported by reported by reported The New York Times in August. This week it was reported that it was examined for Visa fraud.

Shen Yun, who appears in Colorado, March 28th to April 6th, is connected to Falun Gong, the non -Christian spiritual movement behind it The epoch times and Epoch films. The national religious transmitters and a Christian publicity company have encouraged the Epoch brands (brandsEpoch News) to Christian pastors and influencers while hiding their connections to the controversial Chinese religious group. Some scientists look at a cult.

Chang Chun-Ko, who was a Shen Yun dancer from the age of 13 to 24, sued the troop in front of the New York Federal Court. The times reported. She claims that Shen Yun is a “forced labor company” that participates in human trafficking, abuses its age actors, runs cultic tactics in order to separate the actors from the outside world and take advantage of their work to achieve millions of dollars.

Shen Yuns last season Eight separate troops that performed 800 shows around the world. Shen Yun claims a fortune of more than 265 million US dollars.

According to Chang’s lawsuit, Shen Yun separates young people from their families and divided them into a “system of coercion and control that extends to almost all aspects of the life of dancers”. The suit should be certified as a collection campaign, which means that other actors can join the lawsuit.

Falun Gong’s founding master Li Hongzhi; His wife Li Rui; And the International Bank of Chicago, the finances for Shen Yun artists. Artists who tried to leave Shen Yun were warned: “They would go to hell or be exposed to dangers if they went because they would lose Mr. Li,” claims the lawsuit.

But the lawsuit is just The most recent challenge for the groups associated with Falun Gong in the USA

The times In addition, the New York State Department of Labor has opened an investigation of Shen Yun’s work practices, which have apparently violated the state children’s work laws in the past 20 years. The actors laboriously laboriously, sometimes two shows a day and built up and tore up elaborate sets.

In June, the Weidong public prosecutor accused “Bill” Guan, The epoch times‘Chief Financial Officer, who artificially improves the income of the media company by money laundering and other crimes by 67 million US dollars, reported the Los Angeles Times.

An entertainment news outlet At least $ 14 million of this supposedly poorly faded profit flowed through Shen Yun accounts.

Also in June: The Watchdog Group was responsible for an IRS complaint against two other non-profit organizations of Falun Gong: the Epoch Public Foundation and the Epoch Times Association according to the Los Angeles Times. In the complaint, potentially fraudulent information is to be uncovered in tax applications.

According to a model led by the United Church, Falun Gong tried to increase her influence and income in the US Shen Yun services in order to evangelize and save the audience from an approaching apocalypse.

Evangelical Christians helped Falun Gong achieves his influence and income goals by promoting Epoch brands for believers in the USA, as Baptist News reported Global.

The publicity company, which belonged to A. Larry Ross, who had worked with Billy Graham for decades The firing squadThe first offer from Falun Gong’s new Epoch films. The company presented the film of Christian pastors and managers in private demonstrations.

Ross’ company says that his vision is “the kingdom of God through professional commitment to the service and media”, but his advertising work hides the connections from Epoche to Falun Gong. A publicist of Ross’ company initially offered an interview about his work to promote the non -Christian group of faith.

Christian media This was also based on the film’s advertising materials, also the connection between Falun Gong, including:

Likewise, the national religious broadcasters, who described themselves “the world’s largest union of Christian communicators”, have funded both The epoch times And Epoch films, but its members never informed about the financing of Falun Gong of both efforts. The NRB has refused to answer questions about its partnership with Falun Gong or to explain its support for a non -Christian group of faith that apparently is not justified for membership.

The Christian Outlet Film Gut Now inform his readers about Falun Gong’s financing in some reviews, but not about others.

The film goods gave the film from Epoch TV a positive review Hollywood takeover: China’s control in the film industryBut warned: “Readers should note that Epoch TV, made and distributed Hollywood takeoverFounded by The Falun Gong, an anti-communist, neokonservative Daoist/Buddhist religious cult from China from China, who was created in the nineties by a man who apparently seen himself as God or Demi-God. “

However, the film material made no such warning in its review of The firing squad.

Critics say The epoch times is a source for misinformation and climate disinformation.

This article initially appeared in Baptist News Global.