Jeff Sun and Ashley Cheng danced in more than 1,000 Shen Yun performances across the world. They now describe untreated and neglected injuries in a lawsuit against the tour company. Shen Yun is run by the spiritual group Falun Gong and its leader Li Hongzhi. In an interview with Sunday Morning, the tour group disputed Sun and Cheng’s claims, saying medical care is available to performers. More Sunday. | CBS Sunday Morning

"China has 5,000 years of traditional culture and there’s a lot to see before communism came in," said William Li, a Shen Yun principal dancer. "So you’re going to see a lot of traditional stories, and a lot of legends and myths that are presented on stage, [and] very wonderful costumes and backdrops." https://www.ntd.com/shenyun/shen-yun-arrives-in-mexico-for-12-performances_916451.html | Shen Yun Zuo Pin

Inspired by a true account, this piece tells of a beloved teacher who guides her pupils not just in the art of writing, but life. One day after class, as she writes on the blackboard the Chinese words for “truth,” “compassion,” and “forbearance,” Communist Party police burst into the classroom and take her away. The three words are the central tenets of Falun Dafa, and although they are essential values in classical China, they are grounds for arrest under communist rule today. The loyal student

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