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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
                     HOUSE CONCURRENT
                      RESOLUTION NO. 24
                             103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
                           INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE KEATHLEY.
    6488H.01I                                                              JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk



           WHEREAS, Shen Yun Performing Arts is a nonprofit Chinese classical dance and
 2 music company established in New York in 2006 with a mission to revive the traditional,
 3 divinely inspired culture of China and share it with the world; and
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 5         WHEREAS, Shen Yun grew from one to eight touring companies that perform in
 6 over 200 cities annually, including St. Louis, Kansas City, and Springfield, Missouri; and
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 8         WHEREAS, Shen Yun performances beautifully display the essence of 5,000 years
 9 of Chinese culture and virtues lost under communist rule: faith, integrity, kindness, courage,
10 and resilience, which resonate deeply in the world today; and
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12         WHEREAS, Shen Yun artists’ source of inspiration is the spiritual discipline known
13 as Falun Dafa, which is rooted in traditional Chinese culture and incorporates meditation
14 exercises and teachings centered on truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance; and
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16         WHEREAS, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has not only violently suppressed
17 Falun Dafa since 1999 in China, but recently launched a transnational campaign of repression
18 against Shen Yun and Falun Dafa, using tactics like bomb threats, spreading disinformation,
19 and lawfare; and
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21         WHEREAS, the 2025 Congressional Executive Commission on China's (CECC)
22 annual report cited multiple incidents of CCP transnational repression, including that Shen
23 Yun Performing Arts "received dozens of bomb threats against shows across the U.S. and
24 globally" and performances in Missouri were among them; and
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26         WHEREAS, facing repression and threats, Shen Yun artists have continued to give
27 their all, inspire their audiences, and bring hope to the world:
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29           NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the House of
30   Representatives of the One Hundred Third General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the
31   Senate concurring therein, hereby applaud the humanitarian efforts of the Shen Yun
32   Performing Arts in our communities and congratulate them on their worldwide success and
33   this year’s 20th anniversary tour; and
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35          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of
36   Representatives be instructed to prepare a properly inscribed copy of this resolution for Shen
37   Yun Performing Arts.
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