Will.i.am confirms China summer tour

Will.i.am has said that the Black Eyed Peas will tour China this summer despite recent controversy about the country's human rights record in Tibet.

The 'Heartbreaker' singer admitted that the situation was tricky, but said that it would be unfair to "punish a whole country".

He told the BBC: "They have all this Chinese boycott stuff - they want to boycott the [Olympic] games but do the people get punished when they have nothing to do with what's going on?

"If you boycott China, when do they boycott America for what we're doing in Iraq?

"If America really wants to make a difference, it should stop importing China's products and pay back its debt."

Black Eyed Peas will play concerts in China in June.

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