Commentary “In China, the reunion episode of ‘Friends’ was all about grudges,” writes the brilliant Paul Mozur in the New York Times. “The problem wasn’t ‘Friends,’ but the friends of ‘Friends.’” Three Chinese video platforms streamed the reunion episode of “Friends” on May 27. But the latest episode of the 1990s American sitcom, beloved by many Chinese who learned English watching it, was censored. Appearances by Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, and BTS, a K-pop group, had been cut. These superstars committed the crime of thinking, and saying, the wrong thing, and are now erased from Chinese telecom. What were their crimes? In 2016, Lady Gaga met the Dalai Lama, an exiled Tibetan leader renowned for his spirituality. Since then, her fandom has been gagged in China. In 2014, Justin Bieber posted a snap from Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine. It honors Japan’s war dead from World War II. China persists in using …