Angry Chinese Attempt To Storm Japanese Embassy In Beijing

Angry Chinese Attempt To Storm Japanese Embassy In Beijing

September 15, 2012

Islands dispute spills over onto Chinese streets
abc.net

Angry demonstrators attempted to storm the Japanese embassy in Beijing Saturday as tens of thousands of people across China protested against Japan over a growing territorial dispute.

Chinese state media said riot police armed with batons and shields struggled to contain the swelling crowd outside the embassy, where witnesses said at least 2,000 people had gathered, some of them throwing stones and plastic bottles at the building.

A mob attempted to break into the embassy compound but were stopped by armed police, the state news agency Xinhua said. It estimated the crowd at several thousand at its peak.

Meanwhile, there were online reports that protests were staged in at least a dozen cities across China, with Japanese-built cars and Japanese restaurants being attacked by angry crowds.

Japanese media estimated 40,000 people took part in the protests nationwide.

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