TAIPEI (AFP) – Taiwan has urged China not to boycott its second city after it hosted the Dalai Lama and screened a film about an activist accused by Beijing of inciting unrest, a report said Sunday.

The vice-chairman of Taiwan's quasi-official Straits Exchange Foundation made the appeal to his Chinese counterpart last week during an official visit to the mainland, state Central News Agency said.

Kao Koong-lian told Zheng Lizhong that "boycotting Kaohsiung city was not smart", Kao was quoted by the agency as saying.

He also said that exiled Uighur Rebiya Kadeer had become better known after Beijing apparently ruled that mainland tourist groups should not go to the southern city in light of the screening of the film.

Zheng did not respond to Kao's remarks or say when Beijing would put an end to the de facto travel ban, the report said.

Beijing made no official announcement but hotels in Kaohsiung said they had thousands of cancellations from mainland tourists.

The screening of the Kadeer biopic came after the Dalai Lama, whom Beijing has labelled a "splittist", visited the south of Taiwan in August in the aftermath of a killer typhoon.

The Tibetan spiritual leader said repeatedly his visit was "non-political," but China, which regards Taiwan as part of its territory, voiced anger and cancelled several delegations to the island.

Beijing has also labelled Kadeer a "criminal" and accused her of inciting ethnic violence in China's far-west Xinjiang region in July that led to the deaths of nearly 200 people.

Taipei-Beijing ties have otherwise improved markedly since Ma Ying-jeou of the Kuomintang party came to power last year.

"Over the past year, because of our efforts, the Taiwan Strait has become a boulevard of peace and prosperity from a killing field," Ma said Sunday during a meeting of the ruling Kuomintang.

"We hope the cross-Strait ties will continue moving forward on the track."

China and Taiwan held their first direct dialogue in 10 years in Beijing in June last year, leading to regular direct flights across the Taiwan Strait and measures to boost tourism.

Hmm...Im not sure its not a smart thing to do.

If it were up to me, all those Rebiya Kadeer supporters in Kaoshiung should be transported to WUC headquarters to make them feel the love of Uighur extremists towards their face.

Unfortunately I dont have such capability......

Sanctioning through economics is one way to make them pay and to make them realize actions have consequences.

Otherwise these childish people will know no boundaries.

Truth does hurt for you. You are can hurry up and move back to china and be the political slave of the ccp. But, don't act so cowardly trying to live in Taiwan and trash talk this free republic.
ccp spies and their supporters, don't come to kaoshung or taiwan. We don't want your dirty money. And truth does hurts , we don't want your dirty money either. You are such a disgusting little worm. Trying to pollute Taiwan with your lies. Hurry up and move back to China. Be a man about this, practice what you preach. Move back. And everything will be ok.

I am so glad Taiwan supports Dali lama.
Taiwan will always support freedom of religion, democracy, and indenpendence.

Even though democracy makes you lose all your political power

Why dont you practice what you preach and also move back to Fujien and give the land back to the Taiwan Aboriginals?

Truth hurts for you, not for me.

why don't you move back to china too? taiwan don't belong to you guys if it don't belong to china.

I never preach about moving back to China. It is you , who is the one preaching about China this, China that. Since you love china so much, then hurry up and move back.
Taiwan aboriginals are my ancestery. I am 1/8 Taiwan aboriginals, and most Taiwanese are. Many are 1/8 or 1/16 Taiwan aboriginal. Hey , we been there for 500 years you know.
Kmt like yourself have only been in taiwan 50 years , Move back to china where your fathers got kicked out in shame. You are free to re-establish the kmt in vietnam or thailand or ubistikan, since you don't like Taiwan. I don't care. Just get lost, you losers.
You just can't handle the truth, little punk!
and this goes double for you too MiCC.

Shut up. Being 1/8th anything doesn't mean $hit.

And what about the rest of 7/8?

Cut down himself into 8 pieces and let the 7 out of 8 go back to mainland?

Now you claim you have "one eighth" Aboriginal blood...? Hmmm....something tells me it's very fishy.
Knowing you, I am surprised you have never brought this up before.
You have to excuse me if I dont believe you completely.

Also, you make another false claim again, as usual.
You make claim most Taiwanese people have one eighth Aboriginal blood.
Are you sure?
What proof do you have? Your own imagination?
Sorry but imagining something very strongly will not make it a reality. Stop watching those paranormal TV programs.

Yes, your claim is absurd and false.

But it's ok, a confused person like you will forever remain confused and cannot separate facts from myth, and will continue to be disoriented.

Truth hurts for you.

The government should boycott kaohsiung and tainan economically. and trade more with taipei, hsinchu and keelung. thirty percent of the island's exports is to china. One way or another, people in the mainland will find out that they are giving the DPP money.

You have a fish head in your mouth, and fish guts coming out your nose.
I am damn proud of my Taiwan heritage. And what business is it of yours?
I don't give a darn, if you are 1/10 Mainland peasant, and 9/10 coward kissing up to commie and a commie want to be whore. Yes, the truth does hurt for you, because no one in Taiwan is going to join you and be commie's little whore.
Do yourself a favor, hurry up and move back to China yourself.
I have printed out your posts and showing it to some of my friends. It is pathetically sad to see someone like you trying to drag foreigners to China. hey, why not drag some white , mexicans, and blacks to join china too. You are so lost, you don't even know which side is up.

Hey changxin,
I told you before, Taiwan don't want your dirty money. You can keep your dirty money to yourself. Don't make me repeat myself again.

The fish is coming from your own mouth.

You are just talking in circles, but still you avoided my exposure of your lies.

You make false and bold claim that "Most Taiwan people have one eighth Aboriginal blood"

That is just one of many of your lies.

I am getting used to it already by now.

Hey, after you print out my posts for your friends to see, dont forget to also print out all your own posts for them to see, or are you afraid to show them, in case their opinions of you change altogether?

Truth hurts for you.

you actually print out some post? you are fu-king pathetic, can't wait to see china invade that tiny island and execute your stupid gene out of the gene pool.

Hey, Truth hurts for you, and micc.
I will tell you the Truth.
You are addicted and obcessed with Taiwan. You have mind of a serial stalker. Serial stalkers like yourself have been stalking Taiwan left and right, and all your pathetic life. Only the mind of an obecssed would constantly posts garbage of trying to drag the foreign country of Taiwan into another foreign country of China.
You need to go see a mental physician in your nearest hospital. You are addicted to Taiwan, Taiwan is your crack cocaine.
What part of this don't you understand??
People look down upon serial stalkers. My friends who have read your posts look down upon you.
And you call yourself truth?? what a joke. You wouldn't know the truth , if you came up from the toilet and bite you in the behind.

Hey, I been to mainland China many times, the mainlanders have forgotten about Taiwan. Hell, they don't even know where Taiwan folks come from or what political party exists in Taiwan.
Good luck in trying to convince the mainlanders about your obcessions. They look down upon serial stalkers too.
hey, why don't you go stalk Brittany spears or Madonna. You are pathetic.

loser!