China Bans Artists who “Offend Sovereignty”
BEIJING, July 18 (Xinhua) — Overseas entertainers will be banned from the Chinese mainland if they are deemed to have “offended the country’s sovereignty” during performances, says China’s Ministry of Culture.
“Any individual entertainers or artistic groups formerly involved in activities that endangered state sovereignty will not be allowed in,” according to a circular posted on the ministry’s website on Thursday.
Performances that “undermine national unity, endanger state security, stir up ethnic hatred, violate religious policy and ethnic customs, publicize pornography and superstition” would be barred, the circular said.