(Clearwisdom.net) The Shen Yun Performing Arts Company will hold shows in Argentina and Chile in South America for the first time. From June 27 to July 5, 2009, Shen Yun will hold 12 shows in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. From July 10 to 12, it will hold 3 shows in Santiago, Chile, and then return to Argentina to hold 3 shows in Córdoba, the second largest city in Argentina.

Since the company started its global tour in 2006, Shen Yun has presented beautiful stage performances and Chinese traditional culture. It has been warmly welcomed by audiences in Europe, North America and Asia, but the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to try to interfere with the company's shows.

CCP diplomats exerted pressure on the Argentina Foreign Ministry and requested the government to deny visas to the Shen Yun company. Some local Chinese associations influenced by the CCP also spread lies and intimidated Chinese people not to watch Shen Yun show. Argentina's government declined the unreasonable requests and granted the visas.

In the past three years, the CCP has attempted to interfere with the show by harassing sponsors, paralyzing ticket hotlines, and instigating local Chinese students to interfere with audience members entering the theater. Recently, the CCP Consulate in Frankfurt, Germany wrote to the local government and consulates on January 6, 2009, and defamed Shen Yun Performing Arts. Due to the CCP's pressure, Shen Yun's scheduled show in the Royal Theater in Denmark in March was canceled.

The largest TV station in Denmark, DR TV, created a lengthy news segment after spending nearly one month and interviewing more than 80 people. On March 18, 2008, the news segment "Theater faces CCP's pressure" was broadcast during prime time. It exposed the CCP's interference to a wide audience.

Some Germans watched the Shen Yun show after learning of the CCP's interference. Lawyer Dr. Fabricius watched the show after reading a newspaper report about the CCP's interference. He said that he knew about the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong. He thought the show was outstanding.

CCP consulates in Korea, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the United States have also attempted to interfere with the show or intimidated audience members not watch the show. In some North American cities, the CCP asked its agents to direct Chinese communities, Chinese Student Associations, and local Chinese Associations to intimidate Chinese people planning to watch the show. In some cases, the CCP consulates told Chinese students that they would not be allowed back into China if they were found in photographic or video footage of the show.

The Shen Yun Performing Arts global tour in 2009 has been to more than 80 cities in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia and held more than 300 shows. More than 800,000 audience members have watched the show. The warm reception it has gotten everywhere is proof of the CCP's failure to keep people from finding out about true traditional Chinese culture.