The Chinese government has tried to pressure Australia's National Press Club in Canberra to cancel an address by the Uighur leader, Rebiya Kadeer.

中国政府试图向堪培拉的澳大利亚国家记者俱乐部施加压力，取消维吾尔领导卡德尔的讲话。

Mrs Kadeer denies any involvement in the recent Xinjiang unrest

But the event, to be carried live on national TV, will go ahead as planned.

China views Ms Kadeer as a terrorist, and has tried to stop other appearances during her trip to Australia.

It is a sensitive time in Australian-China relations, after China's arrest of an Australian Rio Tinto executive on suspicion of corporate¹ espionage²（间谍活动）.

Diplomats³ from the Chinese embassy in Canberra tried to exert（发挥，运用） pressure on the National Press Club to cancel Tuesday's speech from the Uighur leader, Ms Kadeer, which, like most of the addresses at the club, will be broadcast live on national television.

"You must withdraw the invitation," an official reportedly told the club.

The official then warned that it would be "regrettable" if relations between China and Australia were harmed by her appearance.

If the speech did go ahead, then it should not be broadcast on national television, the official was reported as saying.

The National Press Club made it clear that it would give a platform to Ms Kadeer, the president of the World Uighur Congress, a group which the Chinese government views as a terrorist organisation⁴.

Her visit to Australia has been dogged by controversy⁵（争论，争议）.

Chinese officials demanded the withdrawal⁶ of a documentary about her life which was screened at the Melbourne Film Festival.

When organisers refused, the festival's website came under cyber-attack from hackers⁷ in China who replaced film information with the Chinese flag and anti-Kadeer slogans（标语，口号）.

Rebiya Kadeer said of the latest controversy that China could not impose its authoritarian⁸ will on the whole world.

She said that Australia was a democratic country and not a province of China.