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Australia soothes China on separatists
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CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia said on Thursday it did not support autonomy in China's restive Xinjiang province in a bid to arrest a slide in ties, with China's media branding Australia "sino-phobic."
Relations have soured over the grant of an Australian visa to Rebiya Kadeer, the exiled leader of China's Muslim Uighur minority in Xinjiang, and the arrest of an Australian Rio Tinto mining executive on allegations of espionage.
Foreign Minister Stephen Smith told parliament that allowing Kadeer to visit Australia did not mean support for her views on Uighur autonomy.
"We have a long-standing position to respect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Western Provinces so far as China is concerned," Smith said.
China blames Kadeer for instigating ethnic riots in Xinjiang earlier this year when Uighurs attacked Han Chinese, a charge she has repeatedly denied.
It criticized Australia's decision to give Kadeer a visa and canceled a high-level diplomatic visit in protest.
On Wednesday, the China Daily, the Communist Party's official English-language paper, said in an editorial that Australia's "sino-phobic politicians" were leading the world's "anti-China chorus" and siding with Kadeer.
"The cancellation of a visit to Australia by Chinese vice-foreign minister is a restrained and reasonable response on the part of Beijing when that country has challenged China's core national interests," it said.
"By providing Kadeer a platform for anti-Chinese separatist activities, Canberra chose to side with a terrorist and severely hurt China's national interests."
Australia's ambassador to China returned home for consultations on Wednesday, but Canberra denied it signaled a protest.
"He hasn't been rushed back to Canberra. He comes back on a regular basis," Smith told national radio.
China is Australia's biggest export market, with two-way trade worth $53 billion last year. Major Australian exports in 2008 included iron ore, wool, copper ore and manganese.
CHALLENGES
Canberra, in stressing the strength of its ties with China, has pointed to this week's $41.5 billion deal to sell liquefied natural gas to PetroChina.
"The China-Australia relationship is always full of challenges, and it always has been thus and it will be thus for a long time to come," Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said during a media conference with visiting New Zealand Prime Minister John Key. Continued...
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