Tashi Norbu, 43, a Tibetan artist based in the Netherlands, has cancelled a live painting performance in Lilau Square in Macau, an autonomous territory of China. Tashi was scheduled to paint a Fire Rooster to symbolise the Tibetan New Year but was told that the China Liaison Office deemed his work controversial and it would be risky to enter Macau. A display of Tashi’s other work has also been cancelled.