Recently the South Korean government bowed to the Chinese communist regime, and forcibly canceled the first performance of New Tang Dynasty TV's (NTDTV) Chinese New Year Spectacular in Seoul. Moreover, the venue didn't notify NTDTV about the cancellation until the day before the show.
I feel sad for the South Korean government. South Korea is a direct beneficiary of Chinese culture. Even the Korean people's contemporary lifestyle still reflects its Chinese heritage. Canceling the Chinese New Year Spectacular, which contains traditional Chinese culture, is irresponsible to the audience who had purchased tickets. Moreover, this is a tremendous loss to the Korean people.
What puzzles me the most is why the Chinese communist regime has expended such huge efforts using such an illicit diplomatic method to suppress the Spectacular. According to the communist regime's logic, there seems to be no other reasons than the ones described below.
First, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) defined NTDTV as an "enemy TV station." Therefore, the communist regime has been persistently suppressing all of NTDTV's activities by any means possible. Ever since the CCP seized power in China, it has not spent a day without fearing its collapse. To this day, it is still pumping out lies on a large scale from all directions, while strictly hiding the truth from overseas. It threatens and unites with selected overseas Chinese media to weaken the overall strength of independent media; it uses all means to cut the informal information channels between China and overseas.
The emergence of NTDTV has driven the CCP to its wits end, since independently reported news attracts close attention from overseas Chinese. NTDTV also broadcasts to mainland China via Satellite TV, especially the series of Nine Commentaries on Communist Party which has helped more and more people recognize the true nature of the CCP. The wave of withdrawals from the Party is becoming greater and greater, and this is what the CCP fears the most.
Secondly, the CCP is afraid that art may no longer function to serve politics. In the CCP's eyes, culture and art should serve politics. From the army's art group between the wars, to the Model Operas during the Cultural Revolution, to the movie The Rise of A Big Country and the opera The First Emperor, all of these were nothing but self-decoration and only served to twist history. The CCP's plan is to force the people to accept its monopoly.
Ever since the CCP seized power, China's art has fallen into a steep decline. Much traditional culture and art was forcibly destroyed by the communists. The land for artistic creation disappeared. Over the last few decades, China hasn't had any cultural or art form worth inheriting. The artists either comply with the political needs of the CCP or meet crude commercial needs. The real art and culture, especially traditional art, has disappeared completely.
NTDTV has restored traditional Chinese culture, which is the hope of all overseas Chinese. Naturally, NTDTV became highly regarded. People finally could enjoy a Chinese New Year spectacular without a political agenda or crude tricks, and more and more emigrants would naturally pass on this beauty to their friends in China. This is apparently something the CCP doesn't want to see. Especially in every year's Spring Festival Evening Ball, every program was examined politically then carefully wrapped up, which dramatically demonstrates the present Party culture. The CCP naturally is afraid of a professional rival such as NTDTV.
Third, the culture passed down by Gods puts the CCP's atheism in danger. In order to destroy all original beliefs, the CCP forced people to believe in the CCP. All the textbooks promote atheism and define the culture passed down by Gods as "superstitions" in order to twist the real meaning.
However, Gods indeed are the main characters depicted in ancient Chinese culture. Gods are the most important part of ancient Chinese culture; therefore they naturally became the theme of NTDTV's Chinese New Year Spectacular.
At last, NTDTV's Chinese New Year Spectacular has united all the hearts of overseas Chinese. Out of jealousy, the CCP is afraid of losing its control.
For these reasons, the CCP has again played an ugly diplomatic role. It never treats Chinese people as human beings; it even treats overseas Chinese as enemies. This kind of regime is bound to disintegrate. The CCP can't imagine that after all this, the reputation of NTDTV will be elevated even more in international society.
