TSFU PRESENTS: Sinister Sects- Ep. 2: Shen Yun and Falun Gong

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Have you seen the colorful ads enticing you to come experience "China before Communism" through the art of song and dance at a Shen Yun performance? What about the far-right wing newspaper "The Epoch Times" that preaches misogynistic, racist, homophobic and prejudiced views? They're both owned by the dangerous cult of Falun Gong which Ash tells Caitlyn and Lindsey about this week!
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-Audio editing by Dallas Hernandez.
-Research by Kristen Jones.
-Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shen_Yun
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Gong
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qigong
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterodoxy
• https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/4477070-shen-yun-advertises-5000-years-of history-in-dance-why-does-china-call-it-an-anti-society-cult/
• https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/dec/12/shen-yun-falun-gong-traditional-chinese-dance troupe-china-doesnt-want-you-to-see
• https://arbiteronline.com/2023/03/14/a-look-into-the-mysterious-roots-of-shen-yun-is-the-morriso n-center-unknowingly-hosting-a-front-for-a-cult/
• https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/cult-shen-yun-dance-troupe/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teachings_of_Falun_Gong#Controversies
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Springs
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Epoch_Times
• https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-coons-colleagues-introduce-bill-to-hold-china-accountable-for-forced-organ-harvesting#:~:text=Experts%20estimate%20that%20the%20human,1.5%20million%20concentration%20camp%20inmates.&text=China%20appears%20to%20be%20the,is%20not%20the%20only%20offender.
• https://humanrightscommission.house.gov/events/hearings/forced-organ-harvesting-china-examining-evidence
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_harvesting_from_Falun_Gong_practitioners_in_China
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqwNo43p21Y
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAy8AngEZMs