SAVANNAH, Ga.—A love of history is what brought former provost and dean of student services at Florida’s Palm Beach State College to see Shen Yun Performing Arts. Scott MacLachlan, who was a history major, said he has always had a keen interest in learning more about Chinese history. “I’m always fascinated with history and the culture. We’ve been in America since 1492, so that’s 700 years since Europeans stepped here. China’s been around 5,000 to 6,000 [years] … or more. History isn’t that old but we’re infants. We’re not even out of the cradle compared to China,” he said of America. He added that with his interest in history, he often watched history documentaries to learn about China and the rest of the world. He commented that Shen Yun demonstrated clearly to Americans how the China we know today is nothing like the China that thrived before communism. “What we see …