Given their close ties to Falun Gong, Shen Yun leaders tell the LA Times they suspect the "Chinese government of trying 'to intimidate' local officials and the L.A. business community to stop Shen Yun from building the center." City Councilwoman Jan Perry calls the claim "silly" and says the group 'seems 'fixated' on the site at 2nd and Grand and that she has suggested the group consider other downtown locations." [LAT]
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