Citing His ���Bad Behavior,��� China Bans Justin Bieber

Although it is certainly fair to accuse China of representing the pot calling the kettle black in this case, it is still worth a mention that pop music mega-star Justin Bieber has been banned from performing in the country because of his ���bad behavior,��� as the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture noted on its official web page.

From the bureau���s website:

���Justin Bieber is a young foreign singer who is talented at singing but also controversial. Therefore, it���s not appropriate to bring in artists who show bad behavior. However, in the process of growing up and improving his words and deeds, he can truly develop into a singer who is beloved of the masses.���

In its reporting on the ban, The Telegraph outlined a bit of Bieber���s history when it comes to some ���bad behavior��� he exhibited within the U.S., including an arrest for drunk driving as well as an odd moment in which he decided the thing to do was to urinate in a bucket while screaming ���F--- Bill Clinton!��� at a portrait of the former president. As for any said ���bad behavior��� in which he previously engaged on Chinese soil, while some of his behavior was a bit curious���he was carried up the Great Wall by his bodyguards, and went skateboarding through Beijing���s streets as he was being chased by his entourage���it���s difficult to see any of it as genuinely troublesome.

Nevertheless, apparently the totality of Bieber���s missteps are too much for Chinese authorities, and so he is now persona non grata in a country that has also seen fit to ban, among others, Lady Gaga for being ���unsuitable.���

All of that said, no word if China is planning to ban any of its own government leaders for presiding over a country with one of the worst human rights records anywhere in the world.

By Robert G. Yetman, Jr. Editor At Large