Reply #10: AP - Chinese Protest: 'Japanese Pigs Get Out'

[Jamison]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050416/ap_on_re_as/china_japan

SHANGHAI, China - Chanting "Japanese pigs get out," protesters here threw stones and broke windows at Japan's consulate and Japanese restaurants as tens of thousands of people defied government warnings and staged demonstrations Saturday against Tokyo's bid for a permanent U.N. Security Council seat.

Protests were reported in two other cities, but Beijing remained calm. Police stood guard on Tiananmen Square to block a planned demonstration in the heart of the capital, a day ahead of a visit by Japan's foreign minister. Paramilitary police surrounded the Japanese Embassy, where protesters smashed windows last weekend.

The third weekend of anti-Japanese protests erupted despite government demands for calm. Communist leaders apparently worry that the protests might do more damage to relations with Tokyo, which are at their lowest point in decades, or encourage others to take to the street to protest corruption or demand political reforms.

In Shanghai, as many as 20,000 protesters gathered around the Japanese Consulate. Police in riot helmets kept them away from the building but let protesters throw eggs and rocks. A group of young men broke the windows of a Nissan sedan and flipped it onto its roof.






That would be scary if this were to come to war. It would be as bad as when China & Japan were at war in the 1930's, except Japan would be the one taking a pummeling this time.

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