A documentary about exiled Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer is to be shown in Taiwan's second city, despite opposition from China.
But officials in Kaohsiung said the film would be shown this week, not during a festival next month as originally planned.
Businesses had urged the city to cancel the screening, fearing repercussions.
China has accused Ms Kadeer of orchestrating recent violence it its Xinjiang region - a charge she denies.
In July about 200 people were killed in ethnic violence between the region's Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese settlers.
Security has remained extremely tight there since then, amid reports of ongoing tensions and sporadic violence.
On Friday, a spokesman from Beijing's Taiwan Affairs Office said it opposed the screening and urged the city "not to stir up trouble" in cross-strait ties, Xinhua news agency reported.
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Officials in Kaohsiung said that they would show the documentary, The 10 Conditions of Love, four times in the coming week.
"To draw the curtains over this controversy as soon as possible, the film will be screened ahead of schedule," the city said in a statement.read more
