This past Sunday, June 26, Lady Gaga met with the Dalai Lama at the US Conference of Mayors in Indianapolis for a talk called “The Global Significance of Building Compassionate Cities: Kindness Makes it Happen”.
Gaga shared a pic of her with His Holiness after conducting an interview with him, which was based on questions selected from social media and live streamed on Facebook Live.
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But this did not seem to sit well with China. According to Hong Kong’s pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, the propaganda department in China’s communist party has now reportedly issued “an important instruction” to have her music banned in the country.
China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei refused to comment on the claims, but he did say: “The purpose of the Dalai Lama’s visits and activities in other countries is just to promote his proposal for Tibetan independence. We hope that people from the international community can be fully aware of his true colours and nature.”