China bans Justin Bieber for misbehaving

Justin Bieber arrives at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. File picture: Danny Moloshok/Reuters

Justin Bieber arrives at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. File picture: Danny Moloshok/Reuters

Published Jul 21, 2017

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Berlin - Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has been barred from

performing in China over his "bad behaviour," the Beijing Municipal

Bureau of Culture said in a recent posting on its website.

"Justin Bieber is a talented, but also a controversial young foreign

singer," the bureau wrote in response to a question from a user of

its website as to why Bieber's upcoming tour of Asia has no dates in

China.

"It is understood that as a public figure, he had a series of bad

behaviour in his social life abroad and in the domestic performance

activities he caused public dissatisfaction ... it is not appropriate

to introduce bad behaviour to the performing arts [in China]," it

said.

The bureau said it wanted to "clean up" performances in China.

However, it did offer a glimmer of hope to the once troubled teen

sensation: "We hope that Justin Bieber in the process of maturing his

own words and deeds can truly become a favourite singer of the

public."

Bieber did tour China in 2013, performing in Beijing, Dalian and

Shanghai. Less than a year later, he angered Chinese fans and

officials when he posted photos of himself visiting a controversial

shrine in Japan that Beijing and Seoul say honours war criminals.

China bans many Western artists from performing, mostly based on

political statements it disapproves of in support of the Dalai Lama

or Tibetan independence, or criticizing China's human rights record.

dpa

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