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Mainland urges Kaohsiung not to stir up trouble

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-09-20 19:11

BEIJING: The mainland resolutely opposed Taiwan's Kaohsiung city to broadcast a film about Rebiya Kadeer in the upcoming Kaohsiung Film Festival, a spokesman from Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council said here Sunday.

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"We believe Taiwan compatriots, including citizens in Kaohsiung, can see the truth of this issue, and urged the concerned parties of Kaohsiung city not to stir up troubles on the cross-Straits relation," the spokesman said.

"Some forces in Kaohsiung insisted on showing this film that distorted the facts and beautified the ethnic separatists, which has sent a wrong signal to terrorism and violence," the spokesman said.

"Rebiya Kadeer is an ethnic separatist, who has planned the July 5 riot in Urumqi which has killed 197 people and injured more than 1700, and also jeopardized the life and wealth security of innocent people and social order."