Oh, and there was that time he visited Anne Frank's house and wrote in the guest book that he hoped the young woman, killed in a Nazi concentration camp, “would have been a belieber.”

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So you can understand why Chinese authorities would be wary of hosting the pop star. In fact, they have banned Bieber from entering the country because of his “on and offstage antics.” In a statement on its website, Beijing's culture bureau explained that the performer — who's been arrested several times, and once drunkenly drag-raced a Lamborghini — was not welcome.

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“Justin Bieber is a gifted singer, but he is also a controversial young foreign singer,” said the bureau. “As far as we are concerned, he has engaged in a series of bad behaviors, both in his social life and during a previous performance in China, which caused discontent among the public.” The bureau did not specify which behaviors, exactly, it was referring to. It did say that it hoped to “purify” its country's performing arts.

That response came after a fan asked the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture why the Canadian singer wouldn't be doing a show.

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Bieber will travel to Asia later this year to perform his Purpose World Tour in Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore and Hong Kong. He has put on a show in China before. In 2013, he visited, did a show and was carried up the Great Wall of China by his bodyguards.

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Bieber's Chinese Beliebers are undoubtedly disappointed, although they may have reason to hope for a better outcome in the future. “We hope Justin Bieber is able to improve his conduct as he grows up and will once again find public favor,” the bureau's website said.