BEIJING -- Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has been barred from performing in China over his "bad behavior," 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. The bureau said it wanted to "clean up" performances in China. Bieber did tour China in 2013, performing in Beijing, Dalian and Shanghai. 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.

Source: The China Post July 21, 2017 14:15 UTC