Use of diplomacy for territorial integrity

Question 1

Against Xinjiang

Answer 1

• 58th MIFF in 2009, July 24
• “10 Conditions of Love” about exiled Uyghur leader Rabiya Kadeer (labelled terrorist by China)
• Chinese film-makers withdrew 2 days prior to opening
• China contacted Robert Doyle
• Ambassador Geoff Raby was summoned to Deputy Office in China and told about the “disappointment” China felt
• festival website hacked from Chinese IP

Question 2

In UN about Tibet

Answer 2

• UN recognized PRC in 1971
• no resolutions passed in support of Tibet since 1965 resolution calling on Chinese government to “stop all practices that deprive the Tibetan people of the freedoms and rights they have always enjoyed”