ski87
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Amid soaring tensions between Asia's two biggest powers, parochial Chinese TV stations blared anti-Japanese and anti-US sentiments as demonstrators burned pictures of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.
Chinese authorities tested air raid sirens and there were reports of Chinese citizens in one region stockpiling rice and other goods, apparently in anticipation of a conflict.
Among the tens of thousands of demonstrators to protest in the past eight days in more than 100 cities, some have called for death to Japanese, a nuclear attack on Japan and other violent assaults on the country and its people.
This year's anniversary coincided with the territorial battle over the disputed islands, and yesterday morning saw another stand-off between a Chinese fisheries surveillance vessel and a Japan Coast Guard ship. Later, the first few vessels of what Chinese media claim is a flotilla of 1000 fishing boats were also reported to have arrived in waters off the island chain - known as the Senkakus in Japan and the Diaoyu in China - yesterday. Last night, the Japan Coast Guard said there were 11 Chinese vessels near the islands, which lie between Okinawa and China, but it was unclear whether they were all patrol boats or fishing boats too.
I certainly hope that this all settles down in the interest of regional stability
Chinese authorities tested air raid sirens and there were reports of Chinese citizens in one region stockpiling rice and other goods, apparently in anticipation of a conflict.
Among the tens of thousands of demonstrators to protest in the past eight days in more than 100 cities, some have called for death to Japanese, a nuclear attack on Japan and other violent assaults on the country and its people.
This year's anniversary coincided with the territorial battle over the disputed islands, and yesterday morning saw another stand-off between a Chinese fisheries surveillance vessel and a Japan Coast Guard ship. Later, the first few vessels of what Chinese media claim is a flotilla of 1000 fishing boats were also reported to have arrived in waters off the island chain - known as the Senkakus in Japan and the Diaoyu in China - yesterday. Last night, the Japan Coast Guard said there were 11 Chinese vessels near the islands, which lie between Okinawa and China, but it was unclear whether they were all patrol boats or fishing boats too.
I certainly hope that this all settles down in the interest of regional stability
