Shen Yun Performing Arts was delighted to welcome Christine Branstad, wife of the former ambassador to China and past Iowa governor Terry Branstad, and Steven Churchill, former chief of staff at the Beijing Embassy, when it played to the audience at the Des Moines Civic Center on Jan. 22. Ms. Branstad and Mr. Churchill, accompanied by Bill and Lynn Frank, enjoyed the performance by the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company. New York-based Shen Yun aims to revive the 5,000 years of Chinese civilization that has been all but lost due to the communist regime in China. As people who have lived in China, Ms. Branstad and Mr. Churchill shared their thoughts on Shen Yun‘s presentation of China before communism. “It definitely portrays China before communism, absolutely. When you look at what the lyrics were for the songs and when it talks about the Divinity, that’s certainly something that we wouldn’t …