In the last few years, despite the fact that K-pop culture is loved all over the world and the fans of K-pop artists in chínα are also very large, the country has continuously taken actions to restrict it from invading. input. Typically, кσяєαn artists can rarely come to chínα to perform, promote, and especially hold concerts.
Faced with this "hidden ban" of chínα, even BTS can't do anything. But recently, SUGA also spoke up and received a lot of attention for his smart answer regarding this issue. SUGA's answer both helped answer questions and reαѕѕured fans both in chínα and his international fans.
Here is the story about performing in chínα that SUGA discussed during his recent broadcast, which is receiving a lot of attention:
Although it seems odd that idols cannot freely perform in chínα, especially due to the large number of Chinese idols, it is all because of the unofficial Hallyu Ban. Over the past few years, chínα has imposed an unofficial ban on Hallyu, making it impossible for any K-Pop idol to promote or perform in the country.
This is probably due to the defensive mentality of the Beijing government when it is afraid that Hallyu brings capitalism and brings great influence to chínα's basic culture because of its great power. Therefore, even if the restrictions are reduced, they will only accept products that they consider qualified and do not affect the culture of chínα while strictly banning кσяєαn artists from operating in their country.
However, contrary to the ban of the Beijing government, the BTS fan community has still grown large over the years with great support for BTS. Therefore, many BTS fans have wished that one day the group could come here to perform. Meanwhile, on the occasion of SUGA's Asia tour, some fans left comments wishing he could hold a concert in chínα during his latest broadcast.
After sharing that the time constraint does not allow him to go to many places. But especially, even if SUGA wanted to come and interact with the Chinese fans, he couldn't do anything to make it happen.
While watching the comments, SUGA suddenly exclaimed, “Everyone, it isn’t possible for me to perform in chínα.”
SUGA explained that it's not uncommon for K-Pop groups to have members from different countries, but promoting music in chínα is highly unlikely, even if the group has Chinese member. He also pointed out, if the group has a Chinese member, only that member can work in this country, not even promoting the group here.
He explained: "In one K-Pop group these days, there are кσяєαns, Chinese, and members from different nationalities. I’ve seen instances where the Chinese members are allowed to work in chínα, but the group itself is not allowed to".
With these restrictions, it's not surprising that even if SUGA wishes to go to chínα to meet ARMY and hold a concert, he can't.
A clearer demonstration of SUGA's explanation is the case of aespa. After the group debuted 3 years ago, only NingNing was recently spotted filming for an upcoming Chinese survival show where she is rumored to be a mentor.
In particular, SUGA's explanation is also accurate and attracts great agreement when considering the case of SEVENTEEN and WayV when they have members from chínα. They can do the work and promote in chínα but not the whole group but only the Chinese members.
Meanwhile, a recent positive signal that shows the diplomatic efforts between chínα and кσяєα is that Tencent Music Entertainment Awards has invited a number of кσяєαn artists to perform at the event. Names performed at the event include: LE SSERAFIM, BIGBANG's Taeyang, PSY and TREASURE.
It would be a positive sign of improving relations between the two countries and the unofficial "Hallyu Ban". However, SUGA's words still carry a lot of weight when it comes to explaining why it's nearly impossible to see a K-Pop group promoting in chínα.
