chinese communist party, music, pan xiang, shen yun

Jiangsu Musician Yearns for Shen Yun

Pan Xiang and his daughter are well-known musicians from Jiangsu Province, China. They yearned for the chance to see a Shen Yun performance. He suffered years of persecution under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). His so-called “crime”? Asking the local authorities to return a letter written to him by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. His family ...

Max Lu

A group of musical instruments.

Daughter Wishes to See Her Mother Released From Prison

Iris Lu’s parents lived in the rural province of Yunnan. In the 1990s, her mother, Deng Cuiping, started practicing Falun Gong to help relieve stress and insomnia. This was at a time before the persecution began in China, and the parks were packed with people doing the exercises. Falun Gong, (also known as Falun Dafa) ...

Jessica Kneipp

Tiananmen Square Massacre: The Great Unknown for China’s Youth

June 4 is the 28th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre where untold numbers of pro-democracy activists were killed by soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army. Yet awareness of what occurred in 1989 is unknown to many of China’s youth, says Wei Jingsheng, a veteran activist best known for his involvement in China’s democracy movement. ...

Rory Karsten