After the EXIT Festival fracas last week, it seems China is planning to tighten the rules over performances by foreign music stars, following an incident in which Bjork apparently shouted "Tibet, Tibet" following a performance of her track 'Declare Independence'.

The singer had previously dedicated the track to Kosovo prompting worries at the EXIT Festival in Serbia. A spokesperson for China's Ministry Of Culture explained that Bjork's actions "broke Chinese law and hurt Chinese people's feelings" and that China would further tighten controls on foreign artists performing in China in order to prevent similar cases from happening in the future. We shall never tolerate any attempt to separate Tibet from China and will no longer welcome any artists who deliberately do this".

Bjork has countered this saying via her website: "I would like to put importance on that I am not a politician, I am first and last a musician and as such I feel my duty to try to express the whole range of human emotions. This song was written more with the personal in mind. But the fact that it has translated to its broadest meaning, the struggle of a suppressed nation, gives me much pleasure". EXIT's Bojan Boskovic now says the festival is speaking with Bjork's management to "see if this is the best time" to book the artist adding that "there is an open invitation".

After the EXIT Festival fracas last week, it seems China is planning to tighten the rules over performances by foreign music stars, following an incident in which Bjork apparently shouted "Tibet, Tibet" following a performance of her track 'Declare Independence'.