Taiwan will not allow exiled Uighur activist¹ Rebiya Kadeer to visit the island as she had planned, a government official has said.

台湾政府官员称，台湾不会允许被流放的维吾尔活动分子热比娅计划对宝岛的访问。

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China accuses Rebiya Kadeer of inciting violence - which she denies

Ms Kadeer, a Chinese Muslim from Xinjiang, had been invited by an entertainer close to the opposition³.

China has accused Ms Kadeer of orchestrating（指挥，安排） recent violence in Xinjiang - a charge she denies.

In July about 200 people were killed in riots（骚乱，闹事） between Uighurs and Han Chinese in which mostly Han were killed.

Taiwan is self-ruled after breaking away from China at the end of the civil war in 1949. Beijing considers the island part of its territory.

"We have decided⁴ not to allow Kadeer entry considering that her visit could affect national interest and social order," Interior Minister Jiang Yi-huah was quoted as saying to members of parliament.

Despite opposition from China, a documentary about Ms Kadeer was screened this week in Taiwan's second city, Kaohsiung.

Local tourism officials had spoken out against the move, Taiwanese media reported, fearing it would drive Chinese tourist numbers down.

Rebiya Kadeer heads the World Uighur Congress, which represents the Uighur community in exile.