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FILE - In this file photo condemned Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, Bob songster performs at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. A publicity authorised for China's Ministry of Culture has addicted Thursday, March 3, 2011, it is reviewing an covering from songster to stage concerts in the country, a assemblage after the dweller folk legend's designed concerts in Peiping and Shanghai were canceled. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)Associated Press

HONG KONG - China is reviewing an covering from Bob songster to stage concerts in the country, a assemblage after the dweller folk legend's designed concerts in Peiping and Shanghai were canceled, an authorised at the Ministry of Culture said Thursday.

The covering was pending and the ministry's decision would be posted on the ministry's authorised website, the authorised who would exclusive gave his terminal name, Zhou, told The Associated Press.

The songster fan magazine ISIS fresh reported on its website that the vocaliser was to action in Peiping on Apr 6 and Shanghai on Apr 8 as conception of an upcoming continent tour. But the dates were not traded on Dylan's authorised website, raising reflection of doable censorship problems.

Dylan was originally regular to play Peiping and Shanghai terminal year, but the dates were canceled. Mainland penalization fans blamed a business disagreement with Dylan's Taiwanese promoter. The promoter denied the allegations, saying the flash point was a obligation from the Ministry of Culture for songster to clew a dedication auspicious "not to perceive the feelings of the Asiatic people" during his performances.

The Asiatic polity carefully screens the noesis of imported recreation noesis for political messages or statement that runs disobedient to its authorised line.

Foreign penalization acts in portion are believed to receive primary investigating after Nordic vocaliser Bjork shouted "Tibet!" during a 2008 concert in Shanghai after performing a strain called "Declare Independence."

A assemblage later, nation sway assemble Oasis scrapped its designed entry in China, saying Ministry of Culture officials were offended by the fact that front man Noel Gallagher performed at a liberated Tibet concert in New York City in 1997.

China claims Tibet has ever been conception of its territory, but some Tibetans say the Himalayan region was virtually independent for centuries and that Beijing's dripless curb is debilitating them of their culture and identity.

Dylan may be considered a controversial behave in China because of his association with oppose movements in the U.S. in the 1960s. Songs like "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin" were inspirations for the dweller subject rights and anti-war movements.

Dylan is addicted for a slew of another continent dates, according to his authorised website, including Hong Kong on Apr 12 and island on Apr 15. He will then tour state and New Zealand. Former nation colony Hong Kong is now a Asiatic territory, but it maintains a Western-style polity that promises freedom of speech.

The ISIS fan website also lists an Apr 10 action in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a fellow also not traded on Dylan's authorised website.

Dylan's communicator and businessperson for planetary tours didn't directly move to e-mail and sound messages from the AP.

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