China targets foreign entertainers after Bjork debacle

LOL thats tight

so how long do you think china is going to be able to participate in a global economy and keep it's population under such a tight control? I imagine that as the young generation comes up and the internet continues to advance eventually they will have to accept that they can't control everything and still prosper.

It won't be long before the Chinese public demands more freedom.
Their standard of living is increasing and with that comes higher education, new ideas, and access to the rest of world.

>>Soon China will realize you can't rule a first world country with educated citizens by force. It never works. They will have to do what the US does and maintain social order by tricking people into believing they are more free than they actually are, by letting them watch whatever they want on TV.

omg!!!
i can't believe that Bjork got banned from China!!!
:)

this sounds strangely similar to how the US will be if its people don't unite and do something about our government.

Bjork is an idiot. She attacked a reporter like a mad woman and she think she has a right to dictate what a country is doing wrong when she can't even handle herself correctly? I don't think so.

Sadly, China's tolerance for those who don't share their views is not on par with their quickly growing economy.

I could understand if china’s restrictions had more of a morality view, where they may ban things that they considered extremely immoral to try and raise the moral standards of the people (not that they are low), but to just ban performers who give the finger to china is dumb, and it makes me think that they are scared. Here in America we can talk basically all the crap we want about are government and its perfectly fine, reason being is that we all realize that complaining is one of the best ways to get things done because when everyone is complaining about something is we the government is more likely to change. China not wanting people to complain means that their not really wanting to change how the people may want them to.

J_Jammer, I hate to contradict you but I cannot let such a erroneous oversight go unquestioned. Bjork is the shit. She's one of the best musical artists of our generation and possibly ever. Just because she's fierce (which I totally admire) doesn't mean that what she has to say about any certain topic isn't relevant or true.

Bjork can do whatever she wants. She's smokin' hot!

Bjork was simply a messenger. I agree with Ty, this isn't really about her artistic prowess or mental faculties, but rather, it's about what human rights exist for people in China, and how those issues are coming into play with regards to this year's Olympics.

Boycott the Olympics, Chinese made goods and any company that supports or sponsors the Olympics.

Feudalisim ... really?

Wow. Even encores must be approved.
I wonder how long the government can keep this up.

Thanks for this article.

Yet another reason for me to like Bjork!