Friday, September 21, 2012

A-Mei suffers backlash from ongoing tensions between China and Japan

Seems like the ongoing tensions between China and Japan are affecting artistes and their careers.

Taiwanese singer A-mei who held her Chang Sha concert on Sunday night was accused by Hunan Television producer Li Rui of being pro-Japan. He wrote on his microblog, “Regarding A-mei’s concert, isn’t she on the Japanese side?” The singer was in the musical Turandot and had performed in Japan four years ago.

After seeing Li’s message, A-mei’s fans demanded for the producer to apologise and delete his offending message. They added, “A-mei has nothing to do with this political issue, please don’t drag her into this.” Li has since deleted the message.

A-mei’s manager stated that he did not see the need to inform the singer about Li’s accusation and added, “I don’t find the need to explain [the situation]. Which singer has not been overseas for their jobs? The accusation is not that serious.

He also added that the singer did not attend the celebration party after her concert because the singer wore high heels for her dance segments, despite doctor’s orders not to aggravate an ankle injury sustained two weeks ago.

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