For the audience in China, the reunion episode of ‘Friends’ was shown with cutting out bits from guest stars BTS, Lady Gaga, and Justin Bieber.

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China’s top streaming platforms censored around six minutes of material from HBO Max’s “Friends: The Reunion” special on the day of its debut on May 27, deleting footage of artists like BTS previously deemed to have “insulted” China in October, last year, reports Variety.com

That time, Chinese nationalists slammed BTS for insulting China by not mentioning the sacrifices of Chinese soldiers in the Korean War in an acceptance speech for a prize celebrating the group’s contributions to U.S.-Korea relations.

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On the other hand, Gaga has been a persona non grata in China since she met in 2016 with the Dalai Lama. Beijing accuses the Nobel Peace Prize laureate of being a dangerous separatist.

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Bieber first came under fire in China in 2014 for photographing himself visiting Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni war shrine, a site that honors Japanese World War II war criminals alongside other casualties of war.

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So now you know the reason why all three musicians were not part of the Chinese version of “Friends” special entirely.