including "long hours for little pay," and aims to financially support Falun Gong leader Li Hongzhi. "Shen Yun touts itself as a nonprofit dance company devoted to highlighting traditional Chinese ...

The lawsuit was filed in the Southern District of New York and specifically sues Shen Yun, Li Hongzhi and other defendants ...

The New York Times Against that backdrop, Mr. Li’s movement has put Shen Yun forward as a propaganda tool of its own, amplifying the show’s anti-Communist message through a network of ...

Mr. Sun and Ms. Cheng, who married after leaving Shen Yun and now live in New Zealand, were featured in The Times’s coverage. Each had parents who were adherents of Mr. Li, who teaches that ...

So, in part, to draw global attention to the persecution and to continue to spread the religion, Li and his followers have this idea to put on a traveling show. And that’s how in 2006, Shen Yun ...