Justin Bieber Banned from China Due to 'Bad Behavior'

By Bridget O'Donnell

Justin Bieber has just become the latest in a long line of celeb musicians who are now barred from performing in China.

Oh, Baby.

It's too late now for the pop superstar to say 'Sorry' for his past misdeeds, as he's been banned from performing within the Chinese mainland. The news comes just before his Purpose World Tour heads to Asia, stopping off in Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore and Hong Kong.

As for the motive behind the decision to refuse permission for the Biebs to perform, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture explained on its website:

"Justin Bieber is a gifted singer, but he is also a controversial young foreign singer. As far as we are concerned, he has engaged in a series of bad behavior, both in his social life and during a previous performance in China, which caused discontent among the public. To regulate the market order of performances in the country and purify the environment of the performance market, it is not appropriate to introduce entertainers with bad behavior. However, [we] hope he will continue to improve his behaviour as he grows, to become a singer truly loved by the public."

While the statement didn't note any specific misconduct in China, they might be referring to JB's infamous 2013 trip to the Middle Kingdom, when he brought his 'Believe' tour to Beijing, Shanghai and Dalian. During the trip, he came under fire after photographs went viral of his bodyguards carrying him up the Great Wall — because he was “too tired” to climb the stairs himself.

Less than a year later, he found himself in hot water with Chinese Beliebers again for posting Instagram photos of himself at Yasukuni Shrine in Japan. The shrine, which honors Japan's war dead, is where many World War II war criminals are buried and is a flashpoint of controversy between Japan and its neighbors who suffered atrocities at the hands of those same war criminals during the Japanese occupation. 

Yikes.

The photos were eventually taken down, with Bieber later apologizing for posting them.

“To anyone I have offended I am extremely sorry," he wrote. "I love you China and I love you Japan.” 

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