The Daily Swarm - Bjork breaks silence on 'Tibet Tibet' China controversy: 'I stand by what I said, but I think what I should do is make more music'

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March 18, 2008

Bjork breaks silence on 'Tibet Tibet' China controversy: 'I stand by what I said, but I think what I should do is make more music'

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“When I said “Tibet, Tibet”, I whispered it three times. There was no fuss in the room. It happened afterwards on websites. It shows more than anything that China has become the next superpower in the world. And the issue is: how are they going to deal with Western moral issues like freedom of speech? China said, ‘It’s obvious Björk planned a trip to China with the purpose of political propaganda gathering… and I was like, no! It’s not true! It’s a question of [them] sensationalising it.”