 | A Chinese protester (R) wipes the helmet of a Chinese anti-riot member after his helmet was hit with an egg intended for the Japanese Consulate building in Shanghai April 16, 2005. Anti-Japanese protests in Shanghai turned violent on Saturday when some 10,000 Chinese protesters began hurling rocks and bottles at Japanese restaurants and burning Japan's national emblem. They were protesting against Japan's wartime as China stepped up security around Tokyo's missions and pledged to protect Japanese businesses from another wave of violent protest. click to open  |
 | Chinese police officers stand guard in front of the Seibu, a Japanese department store during an anti-Japan protest in the southern China city Shenzhen Sunday, April 10, 2005. Anti-Japan protests erupted for a second day in China on Sunday, as Tokyo demanded an apology and better protection for its citizens and interests a day after demonstrators smashed windows at Japan's embassy in Beijing. click to open |
 | Chinese demonstrators hold a defaced portrait of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and a Chinese national flag during an anti-Japanese demonstration in Guangzhou April 10, 2005. As anti-Japan protests were staged in China for a second straight day Sunday, China called on Japan to do more to improve relations. The demonstrations against Japan have spread in China since Tokyo approved a new history textbook that critics say glosses over atrocities by Japan's military in the first half of the 20th century, including forcing tens of thousands of women into sex slavery. The placard on the left reads 'Bomb Japan' and the placard on the right reads 'Destroy Yasukuni Shrine', referring to a Japanese World War II memorial. click to open |
 | Chinese demonstrators carry banners during an anti-Japanese demonstration in Guangzhou April 10, 2005. Thousands of protesters in two southern Chinese cities marched on a Japanese consulate on Sunday and threw paint and bottles at businesses selling Japanese goods, a day after anti-Tokyo demonstrations in Beijing turned violent. click to open |
 | Chinese demonstrators confront riot police during an anti-Japanese demonstration in Guangzhou April 10, 2005. Thousands of protesters in two southern Chinese cities marched on a Japanese consulate on Sunday and threw paint and bottles at businesses selling Japanese goods, a day after anti-Tokyo demonstrations in Beijing turned violent. click to open |
 | A Chinese demonstrator shouts anti-Japanese slogans during a demonstration in Guangzhou April 10, 2005. Thousands of protesters in two southern Chinese cities marched on a Japanese consulate on Sunday and threw paint and bottles at businesses selling Japanese goods, a day after anti-Tokyo demonstrations in Beijing turned violent. click to open |
 | A protester carries a defaced portrait of Japanese war criminal Itagaki Seisiroh as thousands of protesters participate in an anti-Japan demonstration in China's southern city of Shenzhen April 10, 2005. Similar protests in various Chinese cities during the weekend were the latest eruption of anger at what many Chinese see as Tokyo's whitewashing of World War Two atrocities and its bid for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council. click to open |
 | Thousands of protesters participate in an anti-Japan demonstration in China's southern city of Shenzhen neighbouring Hong Kong April 10, 2005. Similar protests in various Chinese cities during the weekend were the latest eruption of anger at what many Chinese see as Tokyo's whitewashing of World War Two atrocities and its bid for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council. click to open |
 | A group of about 600 protesters march on a downtown street as they chant anti-Japan slogans in the southern China city Shenzhen Sunday, April 10, 2005. Anti-Japan protests erupted for a second day in China on Sunday, as Tokyo demanded an apology and better protection for its citizens and interests a day after demonstrators smashed windows at Japan's embassy in Beijing. click to open |
 | Thousands of protesters participate in an anti-Japan demonstration in China's southern city of Shenzhen neighbouring Hong Kong April 10, 2005. Similar protests in various Chinese cities during the weekend were the latest eruption of anger at what many Chinese see as Tokyo's whitewashing of World War Two atrocities and its bid for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council. click to open |
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