According to reports, China is planning to tighten the rules over performances by foreign music stars, following that previously reported incident in which Bjork apparently shouted "Tibet, Tibet" following a performance of her track 'Declare Independence'. A spokesperson for China's Ministry Of Culture explained that her actions "broke Chinese law and hurt Chinese people's feelings".
The statement continued "We will 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". The statement added that "no country admits that Tibet is an independent country", which I'm not sure is exactly true, but then, we are talking about the Chinese government, here, and they are, after all, the body that invaded and annexed the country back in 1950.
Anyway, here's what Bjork says about the incident, and the song in question, 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".