Australian moves sour relations
By Zhang Xin and Peng Kuang in Beijing AP, Reuters in Canberra | China Daily | Updated: 2009-08-19 07:53
China canceled plans for Vice-Foreign Minister He Yafei to visit Australia earlier this month, reportedly due to Canberra granting a visa to Rebiya Kadeer, the mastermind of the July 5 Urumqi riot.
The decision was the latest sign that ties between the two countries are strained.
"Australia very much regrets that China decided to take that response," Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith told Parliament yesterday.
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