Yesterday while walking around Tiananmen square and the forbidden city, i noticed the large number of soldiers all throughout. Since it was my first real day in Beijing i thought nothing of it.. until this morning while watching CNN i heard about the large number of anti-Japanese protest all throughout Beijing and Shanghai. In particular one site claims that 'About 20,000 anti-Japanese protesters — some shouting "kill the Japanese" — rampaged through Shanghai on Saturday, stoning Japan's consulate and smashing cars and shops in protest over Tokyo's bid for a permanent U.N. Security Council seat and perceived whitewashing of wartime atrocities. ....Thousands of people also participated in peaceful protest marches in Hangzhou and Tianjin, defying government demands for restraint. In Beijing, hundreds of police blanketed Tiananmen Square in the center of the Chinese capital to block a planned protest'.. (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050416/ap_on_re_as/china_japan_5).
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