Dear MEL
Topic Readers,
Chinese
anger at Lady Gaga-Dalai Lama meeting
How
secular an artist should be? Isn’t singing not only artistic but also spiritual?
Won’t you expect music not only entertaining but also moving?
Lady
GaGa’s meeting with the Dalai Lama went viral in China’s cyber space. Some
accused her of not being sensitive to China’s position on Tibet. Others tried
to play down such accusations and show respect on her personal conduct.
There
were quite a few last-minute cancellations of top musicians’ concerts in China
last year because of their previous engagement with, support or comments on un-favored
persons or political issues to China.
After
all, China is still, and most likely will be for a while, a censored and controlled
state by one party.
Enjoy reading
and thinking why Lady Gaga took such a considerable risk before her big events
in the second largest single market for entertainment.
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