Ethnic Conflicts


TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's interior minister said Friday the island will bar a visit by Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer, whom Beijing has accused of inciting ethnic violence in China's far west.

MELBOURNE, Australia -An exiled Uighur activist whom Beijing blames for recent deadly riots in China said Saturday that she is a "woman of peace," as she attended an Australian film festival for the screening of a documentary about her life.

HONG KONG - Three more Chinese-language films have been pulled from an Australian film festival to protest the planned appearance of an exiled Uighur activist Beijing blames for inciting recent ethnic violence, organizers said Thursday.

TOKYO - The visit to Japan of an exiled Uighur activist who China blames for this month's ethnic riots will not affect relations between Tokyo and Beijing because its approval was not politically motivated, the government said Tuesday.
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