China ramps up pressure on Japan over Kadeer visit

• Source: China Daily
• [08:19 July 30 2009]
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The WUC called for massive bloodshed "at any cost" before the riot. On July 5, the WUC sent out a stream of messages via landlines and mobile phones and Kadeer herself reminded her family to stay safe in case anything should happen, Cui said.

Wednesday, fresh claims surfaced, alleging the WUC spread a fake video online to instigate the riot.

A netizen, believed to be a key member of the WUC in Germany, circulated the video claiming that "an Uygur girl was beaten to death" on an Uygur Internet group two days before the riot, Chinese authorities said Wednesday.

The video, showing a girl in red being beaten to death by a mob wielding stones, was in fact filmed in Mosul in Iraq and first broadcast by CNN in May 2007, Xinhua reported.

The netizen named "Mukadaisi" also used extreme words to encourage Uygur people to "fight back with violence".

Chinese netizens Wednesday criticized Kadeer's visit and called on the government to take a hard line.

"We should stand up for our point of view firmly," Web user "Jerry" wrote on China Daily's website.

Japanese media and the public there seemed largely disinterested in Kadeer's visit. One Japanese person called her the "god of plague", according to Chinese newspaper International Herald Leader.

Kadeer is on a global tour, seeking to win support for her separatist move, said analysts.

Liu Jiangyong, an Asian studies scholar at Tsinghua University, said: "She intends to pressure the government and sabotage China's peace and stability. Countries receiving Kadeer run the risk of affecting their ties with Beijing."

After Japan, Kadeer intends to travel to Melbourne next Wednesday and she is scheduled to address the National Press Club in Canberra on Aug 11, AP reported.

Turkey may be her destination after that, reported the International Herald Leader.