Chinese DID NOT want Australia to see this Film


	Chinese DID NOT want Australia to see this Film

leevardi

8-8-2009 4:22 AM

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leevardi says:

cyber attack, diplomatic pressure, threats...BUT THE SCREENING STILL WENT ON

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/efe6b8c0-81ee-4cf3-8d4d-ba690accc477/65F6F509-6040-4847-B41E-A31E9AE16180/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.smh.com.au/national/police-break-up-clash-at-film-screening-20090808-edi1.html" href="http://www.smh.com.au/national/police-break-up-clash-at-film-screening-20090808-edi1.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.smh.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/national/police-break-up-clash-at-film-screening-20090808-edi1.html"><H2 class="cN-headingPage prepend-5 span-11 last"><HEADLINE>Police break up clash at film screening</HEADLINE></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/national/police-break-up-clash-at-film-screening-20090808-edi1.html"><P>Police have had to break up a clash between protesters and supporters of exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer at the Melbourne premiere of a film about her life.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/national/police-break-up-clash-at-film-screening-20090808-edi1.html"><P>Chinese students clashed with East Turkistan supporters of Ms Kadeer at the red carpet at Melbourne Town Hall, where the documentary <SPAN>The 10 Conditions of Love</SPAN> is being shown as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/national/police-break-up-clash-at-film-screening-20090808-edi1.html"><P>The Chinese government has blamed Ms Kadeer for inciting ethnic riots in July that killed almost 200 people.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/national/police-break-up-clash-at-film-screening-20090808-edi1.html"><P>"Two thousand years ago, China was there," shouted Stanley Li, who is furious Ms Kadeer's film is being shown.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/national/police-break-up-clash-at-film-screening-20090808-edi1.html"><P>"It's not appropriate to show the film in public."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/national/police-break-up-clash-at-film-screening-20090808-edi1.html"><P>As well as having their website hacked - preventing film-goers from buying tickets - festival organisers have been threatened.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/national/police-break-up-clash-at-film-screening-20090808-edi1.html"><P>The Chinese consulate last month asked the organisers of the film festival to dump the film. 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