Beijing Unrest Over Island Dipspute

Protests Erupt in Beijing Over Disputed Islands 

  Associated Press

A demonstrator threw a traffic cone in front of the fence set up by the line of Chinese Paramilitary policemen during an anti-Japanese protests outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing Saturday.

BEIJING—Several thousand protesters pelted Japan's embassy in Beijing with eggs and plastic bottles, and crowds attacked a Japanese-owned department store in central China, as popular anger escalated over Tokyo's plans to purchase contested islands in the East China Sea.
Hundreds of police struggled to maintain order outside the embassy in central Beijing. Groups of protesters confronted police in full riot gear, berating them for protecting the building.
"Smash Japanese imperialism," the protesters chanted as they marched through the embassy district. Some sang the Chinese national anthem and held high portraits of Mao Zedong. Young protesters climbed into trees outside the embassy's gates where they burned a Japanese flag to the crowd's cheers.

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