"China's Ministry of Culture did not give us permission to stage concerts in Beijing and Shanghai, so we had no alternative but to scrap plans for a Southeast Asian tour. ... What Bjork did definitely made life very difficult for other performers. They are very wary of what will be said by performers on stage now."
Konsertarrangören Jeffrey Wu i Southern China Morning Post om att Björks framförande av "Declare Independence" i Shanghai för två år sedan, där hon viskade "Tibet", gör att de kinesiska myndigheterna inte vågar låta Bob Dylan uppträda i landet - se klippet ovan och läs mer om händelsen här.