Beyonce to perform in Shanghai

American R&B star Beyonce is to perform in China, according to her official website today.

She will play at the Grand Stage in Shanghai on November 3, according to an international tour schedule on the website.

The news came after Beyonce scrapped a planned performance in Muslim-majority Malaysia amid speculation that she objected to a strict dress code banning sexy attire, replacing the stop in Kuala Lumpur with Jakarta. Indonesia is also Muslim but has less stringent rules governing how performers dress and behave.

Chinese officials are also sensitive about the propriety of Western acts. They told the Rolling Stones not to sing some of their racier hits and cancelled a performance by Beyonce’s boyfriend, rapper Jay-Z, after deeming his lyrics “vulgar”.

But Shanghai has also played host to Christina Aguilera, who caused a stir with the accompanying sexual imagery and bad-girl attitude from her 2002 album 'Stripped'.

Beyonce kicks off her world tour on Wednesday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, followed by stops in Cluj, Romania, Istanbul, Bombay, Bangkok, Jakarta, Shanghai and the southern Chinese gambling enclave Macau, where she will perform at the new Venetian casino resort.