Shen Yun Performing Arts will perform in the Swedish Capital Stockholm and Linkoping between March 24th and 27th. When the news was released, the Chinese Embassy in Sweden called to threaten relevant cultural department last Friday, trying to stop the performances. All major Swedish media exposed this attempt.
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DN.se News Daily, Swedish TV station SVT, Radio station SR, Expressen, Corren Daily and other media reported the incident on Saturday.
According to the media reports, the Chinese Embassy attempted to stop the Chinese performance in the city of Linkoping. The official in the cultural department received a phone call from the Chinese Embassy. The message was very clear: if the performance is not cancelled, the relationship will be affected.
Headquartered in the United States, Shen Yun Performing Arts Company performs traditional Chinese dances, singing, and music. The show will come to Stockholm and Linkoping in March. However the official in the cultural department in Linkoping, Johan Lundgren, received a phone call from the Chinese Embassy last Friday. “A person claimed to be an official in the Chinese Embassy called to demand a cancellation of the show. If the performance is not cancelled, the relationship between China and the city of Linkoping will be affected.”
Lundgren said that the phone call tried to persuade him and the city administration: “This is obviously trying to exert pressure. I expressed that we are unable to cancel the performance. I didn’t ask what the “relationship will be affected” means. But the conversation obviously shows that there are no human rights in China.”
Michael, who lives in Linkoping and is involved in organising the Shen Yun performance in Sweden, said: “This is an attempt to harm freedom of speech in Sweden. Moreover, it is extremely serious. People can trade with China. But it certainly does not mean that human rights in Sweden should be affected.”
Shen Yun Performing Arts will perform the Chinese New Year Spectacular Shows in over sixty cities around the world, including Stockholm and Linkoping in Sweden. It offers the audiences a taste of the orthodox and traditional culture. It adopts a brand new angle to look at the magnificence of Chinese history. The performance includes dances inspired by the ancient Chinese mythology and Chinese ethnic folk dances. The show covers classical Chinese vocal performance, instrumental music and classical Chinese dance. Shen Yun Performing Arts unfolds to the world’s audiences a pure, sincere and kind world. The combination of the beautifully designed scenes, music and dance will deliver the essence of traditional Chinese divine culture.
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