Though Justin Bieber has consistently said he is a changed person, but his new found good behavior is yet to work on the Chinese government who have banned the star from performing in the country.
A certain Chinese Bieber fan contacted the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture to ask why her idol hasn’t been seen in the country for several years, despite scheduling dates in nearby Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the Philippines on the Asian leg of his latest world tour, they were met with a friendly but firm response.
“Justin Bieber is a gifted singer, but he is also a controversial young foreign singer,” the bureau told the fan in a statement. “In order to maintain order in the Chinese market and purify the Chinese performance environment, it is not suitable to bring in badly behaved entertainers.
“We hope that as Justin Bieber matures, he can continue to improve his own words and actions, and truly become a singer beloved by the public.”
Bieber’s bad behavior in the USA, which included an arrest for drunk driving and a strange incident in which he urinated in a janitor’s bucket and yelled “F— Bill Clinton!” at a portrait of the former president, didn’t result in much diplomatic intervention, but his offensive behaviour during his last Chinese tour created national indignation in the country.
Sadly, Bieber joins fellow music acts including Oasis and Lady Gaga in being banned from touring in the country for being “unsuitable”.
According to reports Lady Gaga has been banned twice from the nation. Her music was placed on a government blacklist in 2011 for its “vulgar lyrics”, before the ban was lifted in 2014. Unfortunately, her ban was restored less than two years later, reportedly after she controversially met with the Dalai Lama.