China slams Uighur leader Kadeer's Japan visit: report

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Source: Washington Post

TOKYO (Reuters) - China's ambassador to Japan on Monday slammed a planned Tokyo visit by Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer, in an apparent escalation of Beijing's campaign against the exile it accuses of instigating deadly ethnic riots.

China says Kadeer, a once successful businesswoman in China but now leader of exile group the World Uyghur Congress, planned an outbreak of violence in northwestern Xinjiang region earlier this month in which nearly 200 people died.

She denies the claim.

"How would the people of Japan feel if a violent crime occurs in Japan and its mastermind is invited by a third country?" Japan's Kyodo news agency quoted ambassador Cui Tiankai as saying in a group interview.

"The matter can be considered easily when you think from the other person's viewpoint ... she is a criminal," he added.

International trips by exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama, who China also blames for instigating deadly ethnic violence last year, are routinely criticized by Beijing, particularly when he has been received by prominent figures.





Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/27/AR2009072700205.html

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China sure loves to blame its problems on exiles outside the country...

[xchrom]

1. dear china --

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