The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture responded to queries from Chinese Beliebers regarding the Biebs‘ continued absence from their shores earlier this week, and have revealed that the pop star is barred from the country for ‘bad behaviour’.
His ‘Purpose‘ tour is due to land in Tokyo at the end of September, with stops currently scheduled in Chinese “Special Administrative Region” Hong Kong, the Phillipines and Singapore.
The bureau wrote:
“Justin Bieber is a gifted singer, but he is also a controversial young foreign singer.
“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 last made it to China in September 2013 for his ‘Believe‘ tour, when he reportedly sk8d around Beijing, and had his bodyguards carry him up the Great Wall of China.
The bad news for Bieber fans comes in the same week as the gov decided to censor references to Winnie the Pooh on social media, apparently because some bloggers think there’s a likeness between the beloved cartoon bear and Chinese President Xi Jinping. This is a real thing that happened.
Source: The New York Times.
Photo: Samir Hussein / Getty.
