Gli artisti di Shen Yun e il presentatore locale tengono una conferenza stampa sui gradini del teatro della Korean Broadcasting Corporation dopo che gli spettacoli sono stati cancellati all’ultimo minuto nel 2016 a causa delle pressioni dell’ambasciata cinese a Seul. Credito: Shen Yun Performing Arts
Interferenze diplomatiche e disinformazione
Interferenze diplomatiche e disinformazione
Pubblicato: 8 gennaio 2024
La disinformazione è una tattica fondamentale utilizzata dal PCC per attaccare coloro che vengono percepiti come nemici e la campagna contro Shen Yun non è diversa. Gli sforzi di disinformazione rivolti a Shen Yun hanno assunto tre forme principali:
– Il gestore del teatro locale risponde per iscritto all’ambasciata cinese a Copenaghen nel 2016 dopo che i diplomatici gli hanno chiesto di non onorare un contratto con Shen Yun per l’affitto del teatro.
Nonostante le risposte incoraggianti e di principio di molti governi democratici e gestori di teatri, è necessaria una risposta più completa e proattiva, non solo per il bene di Shen Yun. La campagna del PCC contro Shen Yun è un banco di prova per capire quanto gli Stati Uniti e i loro alleati democratici siano in grado di proteggere la libera espressione dalla manipolazione autoritaria del PCC e di consentire al pubblico di tutto il mondo di scegliere autonomamente se assistere a uno spettacolo artistico che fa rivivere la cultura tradizionale cinese, che il PCC vuole sopprimere. È fondamentale stabilire un precedente che stabilisca che una simile campagna rivolta contro un’iniziativa artistica della diaspora cinese, che sfida la narrativa del PCC, è inaccettabile e non sarà tollerata.
Raccomandazioni al governo degli Stati Uniti
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[10] Zhang Leyao, “Chinese Consulate in Houston Tries to Block Shen Yun in Arkansas,” The Epoch Times, October 1, 2015, https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/chinese-consulate-in-houston-tries-to-block-shen-yun-in-arkansas-1518406.
[11] See above: “Incidents & Evidence,” Who’s Afraid of Shen Yun (blog).
[12] Ibid.
[13] Karina Suárez, “‘Shen Yun’: 80 bailarines, la sombra de una secta y el intento de un bloqueo diplomático en México,” [Shen Yun: 80 ballerini, l’ombra di una setta e il tentativo di blocco diplomatico in Messico], El Pais, May 21, 2022, https://elpais.com/mexico/2022-05-21/shen-yun-80-bailarines-la-sombra-de-una-secta-y-el-intento-de-un-bloqueo-diplomatico-en-mexico.html; Ellie Young and Jessica Ludwig, “Mexico,” in Cook, Datt, Young, Han, Beijing’s Global Media Influence, Freedom House, 2022, https://freedomhouse.org/country/mexico/beijings-global-media-influence/2022; Eva Fu, “Chinese Embassy Pressures Local Officials to Block Shen Yun Performances in Mexico,” The Epoch Times, May 14, 2022, https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/chinese-embassy-pressures-local-officials-to-block-shen-yun-performances-in-mexico-4451452.
[14] Mei Xuan, “XUAN: An empty seat, a broken heart,” The Washington Times, July 21, 2010, https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/21/an-empty-seat-a-broken-heart/; “Mother of Steven and Lydia Wang,” Falun Dafa Information Center, accessed January 3, 2024, https://faluninfo.net/mother-of-steven-wang/.
[15] Jinzhong City Education Network, 2010.
[16] “Sixty Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested for Distributing Shen Yun DVDs,” Minghui, May 11, 2014, https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2014/5/11/700.html.
[17] David Ownby, Falun Gong and the Future of China (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008).
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[19] “Chinese Agents Use Coronavirus Fears to Attack US-based Shen Yun,” Falun Dafa Information Center, February 26, 2020, https://faluninfo.net/chinese-agents-use-coronavirus-fears-to-attack-us-based-shen-yun/.
[20] Blake Montgomery, “Coronavirus Is Spreading. So Are Bogus Fears of Shen Yun,” Daily Beast, February 26, 2020, https://www.thedailybeast.com/coronavirus-is-spreading-so-are-bogus-fears-of-shen-yun-dancers; KMTV Staff, “Coronavirus rumors surround Shen Yun performances,” KMTV, February 25, 2020, https://www.3newsnow.com/news/local-news/coronavirus-rumors-surround-shen-yun-performances.
[21] See blog entries for February 26-29: Leeshai Lemish, “Not Buying It,” On Tour Daily Diary (blog), February 26, 2020, https://www.shenyunperformingarts.org/blog/view/article/e/q7ccljjAlcg/on-tour-daily-diary.html; Leeshai Lemish, “Going After Us With a Virus?,” On Tour Daily Diary (blog), February 27, 2020, https://www.shenyunperformingarts.org/blog/view/article/e/q7ccljjAlcg/on-tour-daily-diary.html; Leeshai Lemish, “CCP Girl Talk,” On Tour Daily Diary (blog), February 29, 2020, https://www.shenyunperformingarts.org/blog/view/article/e/q7ccljjAlcg/on-tour-daily-diary.html.
[22] Articolo di York Pedia del 2020 in archivio presso il Falun Dafa Information Center. Per quanto riguarda l’uso più ampio di questa tattica da parte del PCC, si veda: Sarah Cook, “China’s Increasingly Aggressive Tactics for Foreign Disinformation Campaigns”, The Diplomat, 18 settembre 2023., https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/chinas-increasingly-aggressive-tactics-for -foreign-disinformation-campaigns/.
[23] Larry Ong, “Paid Insert in Wall Street Journal Carries Chinese Propaganda,” The Epoch Times, https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/paid-insert-in-wall-street-journal-carries-chinese-propaganda-2211937; See above: “Incidents & Evidence,” Who’s Afraid of Shen Yun.
[24] “Conflitti tra gli insegnamenti del Falun Gong e i principi morali ed etici occidentali,” Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China in Chicago, November 2, 2009, http://chicago.china-consulate.gov.cn/eng/zt/z83/200911/t20091102_5425506.htm.“C
[25] “Conocer a ‘Falun Gong’, Secta Destructiva detrás de ‘Shen Yun’ [Meet ‘Falun Gong’, Destructive Sect Behind “Shen Yun”],” Embajada de la Republica Popular China en los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, May 12, 2023, http://mx.china-embassy.gov.cn/esp/sgjs/202205/t20220512_10684748.htm; “澳媒:神韵晚会夹杂着过多的政治色彩[Australian media: Shen Yun performance is too political],” August 24, 2017, Wugong County People’s Government Office, http://www.wugong.gov.cn/xw/ztzl/2019nztlszt/fxjjpachx/dtjl/201708/t20170824_735425.html; “’神韵晚会’真相[The Truth About ‘Shen Yun’],” Consulat Général de la République Populaire de Chine à Marseille, February 21, 2023, https://web.archive.org/web/20231230181629/http://marseille.china-consulate.gov.cn/zlgzxhd/202302/t20230221_11028757.htm.
[26] Vedi sopra: “Incidents & Evidence,” Who’s Afraid of Shen Yun.
[27] Nate Schenkkan e Isabel Linzer, “China: Transnational Repression Origin Country Case study,” Out of Sight, Not Out of Reach: The Global Scale and Scope of Transnational Repression, Freedom House, February 2, 2021, https://freedomhouse.org/report/transnational-repression/china.
[28] (河南)省委防范和处理邪教问题领导小组 2017年工作要点2017-03-31 (简称“豫”)Key Points in the 2017 Work of Leading Group for Prevention and Handling of Xie Jiao-related Issues of CCP (Henan) Provincial Committee, March 31, 2017, posted via Association for the Defense of Human Rights and Religious Freedom, https://www.adhrrf.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/henan-20170405.pdf.
[29] Office of Public Affairs, “Illegal Agents of the PRC Government Charged for PRC-Directed Bribery Scheme,” United States Department of Justice, May 26, 2023, https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/illegal-agents-prc-government-charged-prc-directed-bribery-scheme; “Il governo Usa accusa agenti del PCC di corruzione ai danni del Falun Gong,” Falun Dafa Information Center, 27 maggio 2023, https://it.faluninfo.net/il-governo-usa-accusa-agenti-del-pcc-di-corruzione-ai-danni-del-falun-gong/
[30] Multiple incidents are listed in reports on South Korea and Japan. U.S. Department of State, “2020 Report on International Religious Freedom: South Korea,” May 12, 2021, https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-report-on-international-religious-freedom/south-korea/; U.S. Department of State, “2020 Report on International Religious Freedom: Japan,” May 12, 2021, https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-report-on-international-religious-freedom/japan/; U.S. Department of State, “2020 Report on International Religious Freedom: Moldova,” May 12, 2021, https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-report-on-international-religious-freedom/moldova/; U.S. Department of State, “2019 Report on International Religious Freedom: Japan,” June 10, 2020, https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-report-on-international-religious-freedom/; U.S. Department of State, “2019 Report on International Religious Freedom: South Korea,” June 10, 2020, https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-report-on-international-religious-freedom/south-korea/; U.S. Department of State, “2019 Report on International Religious Freedom: Peru,” June 10, https://www.state.gov/report/custom/0a052b5d7d/; U.S. Department of State, “2017 Report on International Religious Freedom: Vietnam,” 2018, https://www.state.gov/report/custom/a2bb14af74/#!; U.S. Department of State, “2016 Report on International Religious Freedom: South Korea,” 2017, https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Korea-Republic-of-1.pdf.
[31] Leeshai Lemish, “Chinese Business Behind Greek Censorship?,” Who’s Afraid of Shen Yun (blog), May 26, 2010, http://leeshailemish.com/on-shen-yun/2010/05/27/chinese-business-motivation-behind-greek-censorship/; U.S. Department of State, “2020 Report on International Religious Freedom: Moldova,” May 12, 2021, https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-report-on-international-religious-freedom/moldova/; Leeshai Lemish, “Who locked us out of Moldova’s theater?,” Who’s Afraid of Shen Yun (blog), May 28, 2010, http://leeshailemish.com/on-shen-yun/2010/05/28/stopped-at-the-door-%e2%80%93-we-arrive-in-moldova-and-are-not-allowed-into-theater/; “Dance performance canceled in Ecuador under pressure from Chinese embassy,” IFEX, May 26, 2015, https://ifex.org/dance-performance-canceled-in-ecuador-under-pressure-from-chinese-embassy/; See more on the incident in Malaysia in “Incidents & Evidence,” Who’s Afraid of Shen Yun (blog).
[32] Larry Ong, “Chinese Embassy Letter Exposes Effort to Block Shen Yun in Thailand,” The Epoch Times, May 25, 2017, https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/chinese-embassy-letter-exposes-effort-to-block-shen-yun-in-thailand-2251455.
[33] U.S. Department of State, “2020 Report on International Religious Freedom: South Korea,” May 12, 2021, https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-report-on-international-religious-freedom/south-korea/; U.S. Department of State, “2016 Report on International Religious Freedom: South Korea,” 2017, https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Korea-Republic-of-1.pdf.
[34] Sarah Cook, “The Long Arm of Chinese Censorship Reaches South Korea,” The Diplomat, May 9, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160510101550/https://thediplomat.com/2016/05/the-long-arm-of-chinese-censorship-reaches-south-korea/.
[35] Leeshai Lemish, “Lots of Difficulties in South Difficulties in South Korea,” Who’s Afraid of Shen Yun (blog), June 12, 2023, http://leeshailemish.com/on-shen-yun/2023/06/12/lots-of-difficulties-in-south-korea/; Leeshai Lemish, “South Korea Update,” Who’s Afraid of Shen Yun (blog), June 12, 2023, http://leeshailemish.com/on-shen-yun/2023/12/20/south-korea-update/; Kim Gwang-ju, “’We hope that politicians and public officials in Busan will not attend Falun Gong events’ (Consulate General of China in Busan),” Chosun, accessed January 4, 2024, https://monthly.chosun.com/client/news/viw.asp?ctcd=C&nNewsNumb=202308100025.
[36] Leeshai Lemish, “Dominican: Chasing the President to the Airport?,” Who’s Afraid of Shen Yun? (blog), March 20, 2023, http://leeshailemish.com/on-shen-yun/2023/03/20/dominican-chasing-the-president-to-the-airport/.
[37] Examples include Congresswoman Michelle Steel (R-CA), David Stillwell, former Assistant Secretary for East Asia and the Pacific at the State Department, and Richard Swett, former Congressman (D-NH) and U.S. Ambassador to Denmark. Michelle Steel, “Defending Democracy: Urgent Call to Support Shen Yun in South Korea,” The Epoch Times, November 20, 2023, https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/defending-democracy-urgent-call-to-support-shen-yun-in-south-korea-5532852; “Former Asst. Secretary of State of East Asian and Pacific Bureau Applauds Shen Yun,” NTD, January 26, 2023, https://www.ntd.com/shenyun/former-asst-secretary-of-state-of-east-asian-and-pacific-bureau-applauds-shen-yun_896846.html; Weiyong Zhu, “Former Congressman, Ambassador Sees Shen Yun Multiple Times: ‘It’s Always Enjoyable’,” The Epoch Times, December 28, 2022, https://www.theepochtimes.com/shenyun/former-congressman-ambassador-sees-shen-yun-multiple-times-its-always-enjoyable-4950494.
Tradotto dall’inglese:
Diplomatic Disruptions and Disinformation – Beijing’s Global Drive to Stop Shen Yun