Taiwan's second-largest city on Tuesday screened a documentary about Rebiya Kadeer in defiance of criticism from both Taipei and Beijing.

Analysts said Kaohsiung's insistence of showing the film on Kadeer, following a visit by the Dalai Lama earlier this month, was an apparent move to stymie Taiwan's warming relations with Beijing, which believes that both figures seek to separate China.

The hour-long The 10 Conditions of Love was shown twice at a public film library in Kaohsiung yesterday, with audiences numbering about 300, the Taiwan-based Central News Agency (CNA) reported.

Two other screenings are scheduled for this afternoon in a 300-seat theater, according to the Kaohsiung Film Festival's official website. Organizers estimate that about 1,000 people will have watched the Rebiya film during the festival.

Members of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) attended the screenings yesterday, including legislator Lai Ching-te, city councilor Huang Chao-hsing and other officials of Kaohsiung city.

DPP Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen and Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu, who have pushed for the screening of the film, were absent.
While expressing hopes to screen the film "all over Taiwan," the DPP also showed its intention to invite Kadeer and her husband to visit Taiwan.

Taiwan "Premier" Wu Den-yih, of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT), said that whether the authority would grant them visas would be decided by the weekend.


Source:Global Times

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