Lady Gaga Blacklisted!

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By Mary Trewartha / June 30, 2016;

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American pop sensation Lady Gaga has joined artistes Bon Jovi, Maroon 5, Oasis, Bjork and Selena Gomez along with Hollywood actors Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Sharon Stone and Director of Kundun, Martin Scorsese, in being banned from China because of her friendship with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Lady Gaga met His Holiness during his visit to America this month and posted a picture of herself with him, prompting China’s Propaganda Department to ban her. China’s authorities have also banned the picture of her and have given directives to Chinese websites and media houses to “stop uploading or distributing her songs” and to condemn the meeting. The Chinese internet chat site Weibo’s users have accused her of being “insensitive” towards Chinese politics and of giving up on the Chinese market. Lady Gaga was banned from China previously in 2011 for “being vulgar” but the ban was lifted three years later.