Why Lady Gaga was just banned from China

For the second time in her career, singer Lady Gaga has been banned from China ' this time for meeting with the Dalai Lama, theTibetan spiritual leader whohas beenexiled from the Communist country since 1959.The 30-year-old pop singer met with the Dalai Lama on Sunday before his keynote address at the United StatesConference of Mayors inIndianapolis. The two spoke fornearly 20 minutes ina videothatGagaposted to her Facebook page.In thevideo, which has since been viewed over 3 million times,Gaga and the Dalai Lama discuss a wide range of topics ' including suicide, yoga, and the trialsof living in a materialistic world.The Chinese government reacted to the meeting by issuing "an important instruction" that effectively banned Gaga from mainland China and asked media outlets to stop uploading and playing her work, according to China's pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily.The Dalai Lama was exiled fromTibet in 1959 after he fled arrestfrom Mao Zedong's Communist government by leaving China for India.Lady Gaga was previously banned from China in 2011, along with dozens of other pop artists, for having "poor taste and vulgar content."Thank you for this special day. Science tells us kindness improves health, let's take care of the body of our nation pic.twitter.com/jsvlTy5pTH' Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) June 26, 2016Business Insider has reached out to representatives of Lady Gaga for comment on the ban.SEE ALSO:Lady Gaga: 'Nothing is more isolating than being famous'Join the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: Steven Spielberg's 'Jaws' was released 41 years ago today ' watch the original 1975 trailer
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