In order to maintain order in the Chinese market and purify the Chinese performance environment, it is not suitable to bring in badly behaved entertainers. The statement doesn’t specify which instances of bad behavior caused China to shut its doors to the star, but it doesn’t take too much sleuthing to connect the dots. In 2014, the singer posted photos of himself visiting the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, which honors Japanese people who died in war, including convicted war criminals from World War II. The Foreign Ministry of China released a statement at the time, saying: “I hope this singer can learn more about the history of Japanese militarism, and the wrongful historical and militaristic views promoted by the shrine after his visit.”