China Bars Justin Bieber From Performing Over ‘Bad Behavior’<br />In a statement published on its website on Tuesday, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture confirmed<br />that Mr. Bieber, 23, had been barred from performing in China because of past instances of "bad behavior" in China and elsewhere.<br />" the bureau said in its statement. that Justin Bieber is a gifted singer, but he is also a controversial young foreign singer,<br />China said that But when I saw that Hong Kong was on the concert schedule, I knew then<br />that there was no longer any chance that he would be performing in mainland China,<br />In 2014, Mr. Bieber caused a minor diplomatic row when he posted photos of himself visiting the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, which honors Japanese war dead — including convicted war criminals from World War II —<br />and has long been a source of friction between Japan and its neighbors.<br />"In order to maintain order in the Chinese market and purify the Chinese performance environment,<br />it is not suitable to bring in badly behaved entertainers," the statement read.
