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Taiwan’s Criminal Police Bureau has reportedly traced a recent wave of mass violence threats targeting Shen Yun Performing Arts shows to an institute affiliated with Chinese tech giant Huawei, according to a new report by Liberty Times.
The investigation comes in response to a surge of emailed threats over the past week, which targeted Shen Yun performances and several Taiwanese government institutions. The messages included bomb and shooting threats, warning of violence unless the performances were canceled. On a single day alone, authorities documented 13 such threats sent to public offices, train stations, and cultural venues across cities, including Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, and Keelung.
After launching a cross-agency task force, Taiwanese police say they traced the origin of the emails to the Huawei Xi’an Institute in Shaanxi Province, China. Though the threats appeared to have been routed through multiple international VPNs, digital forensics reportedly led investigators to a network connected to the Huawei facility. Officials noted that personnel tied to the institute may have been involved and did not rule out links to China’s notorious online influence operations, often dubbed the “Internet Army.”
The threatening emails contained politically charged language, including usernames referencing “8964,” an apparent nod to the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. Investigators believe this suggests possible state-sponsored psychological operations targeting Taiwan’s social and cultural stability.
Shen Yun, a U.S.-based performing arts company affiliated with the Falun Gong spiritual movement, has long drawn the ire of Beijing due to its strong anti-Communist message and depictions of religious persecution in China. The troupe’s performances, which blend classical Chinese dance with original orchestral music, are frequently disrupted by Chinese interference campaigns abroad.
In response to the findings, Shen Yun spokesperson Leeshai Lemish, who has served as the company’s master of ceremonies since 2006, urged U.S. authorities to take the threats seriously.
“We need our American security institutions to pull some resources together and see if they can confirm where these terrorist threats came from,” Lemish said. “It’s impressive that Taiwanese police investigators were able to pinpoint the source within two weeks. We’ve documented dozens of such threats—bombing and mass shooting threats—against an American company on U.S. soil for over a year. It’s time for our agencies to investigate and protect Americans. Enough is enough.”
Leeshai Lemish documented a total of 158 incidents that involved CCP’s terrorism against Shen Yun on global scale, more than one third happened in the U.S. soil. The most prominent incident was the bomb threats received at Kennedy Center in Washington DC on February
20, 2025, just eight days after President Trump appointed himself to be the Chairman of Kennedy Center. Bomb threats and threats have been reported to local FBI and local law enforcement agencies. According to a reporting by FOX5 Atlanta on December 13, 2024, The FBI Atlanta said that they are aware of the allegations. “However, the FBI says they can not comment upon the existence or nonexistence of any investigation.”
Taiwanese officials say they have shared their findings with Chinese public security authorities through cross-strait communication channels, though it remains uncertain whether Beijing will respond or cooperate.
The investigation underscores growing concerns over cyber and psychological warfare targeting democratic societies, especially those critical of Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Matt Palumbo, a New York Times best selling author stated in a recent article “Shen Yun’s mission goes beyond artistic expression; it is a cultural and ideological counterpoint to the CCP’s worldview. Weaving together classical Chinese dance, music, and storytelling, while also portraying the CCP’s human rights abuses — including organ harvesting and suppression of dissent — strikes at the heart of the party’s efforts to whitewash its record.”
The CCP is using Shen Yun as a test to see how far they can go when it comes to exporting its “Made in China” suppression to this country.
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