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Chinese protest against Japan in Sichuan Province, 1st since Mon.+
DEYANG, China, Oct. 23 Kyodo -
About 100 Chinese staged an anti-Japan protest Saturday in Deyang, Sichuan
Province, claiming China's sovereignty over the Japan-administered Senkaku
Islands.
''Small Japan, get out of the Diaoyu Islands,'' protesters shouted, using a
derogatory term for the country, among other anti-Japan slogans.
''Listen to the voice of the fatherland,'' one placard read.
It was the first demonstration against Japan since Monday when protesters
gathered in Wuhan in Hubei Province.
The Internet also carried unconfirmed information that another, small
anti-Japan protest took place in Wuhan on Saturday.
In Deyang, about 100 youths began the demonstration shortly after 2:30 p.m.,
but it ended about 30 minutes later after drawing about 1,000 people.
There was no report of injury or involvement of Japanese nationals in the
protest, according to the Japanese Embassy in Beijing.
Security was tight, with several hundred police gathered around a square in the
city where protesters were scheduled to meet.
Messages posted on Internet websites show organizers have planned several
anti-Japan rallies, mainly in inland cities including Deyang and Changsha in
Hunan Province, on Saturday and Sunday as relations between Japan and China
tense.
But the Chinese authorities required universities and other schools in Deyang
and Changsha to operate Saturday and Sunday, to discourage students from taking
part in the planned demonstrations, according to the Information Center for
Human Rights & Democracy, a Hong Kong-based rights group.
Organizers called for Saturday protests in cities such as Kaifeng in Henan
Province, Huangshi in Hubei Province and Wuxi in Jiangsu Province. But no
protests had confirmed in any of those cities as of Saturday evening.
The Senkaku Islands are a group of uninhabited islets in the East China Sea.
They are part of the city of Ishigaki in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture.
Beijing claims the islands, which it calls Diaoyu, have been Chinese territory
since ancient times.
Protests are expected Sunday in cities such as Nanjing in Jiangsu Province,
Lanzhou in Gansu Province and Baoji in Shaanxi Province.
Plans are also under way to carry out an anti-Japan rally in Chongqing on Tuesday.
The Japanese Embassy in Beijing has been calling for caution among Japanese
residents in China, saying anti-Japan movements could happen anywhere in the
country.
Last weekend, there were protests in Chengdu and Mianyang in Sichuan Province
and Xian in Shaanxi Province.
Some of the demonstrations included vandalism and violence.
==Kyodo
About 100 Chinese staged an anti-Japan protest Saturday in Deyang, Sichuan
Province, claiming China's sovereignty over the Japan-administered Senkaku
Islands.
''Small Japan, get out of the Diaoyu Islands,'' protesters shouted, using a
derogatory term for the country, among other anti-Japan slogans.
''Listen to the voice of the fatherland,'' one placard read.
It was the first demonstration against Japan since Monday when protesters
gathered in Wuhan in Hubei Province.
The Internet also carried unconfirmed information that another, small
anti-Japan protest took place in Wuhan on Saturday.
In Deyang, about 100 youths began the demonstration shortly after 2:30 p.m.,
but it ended about 30 minutes later after drawing about 1,000 people.
There was no report of injury or involvement of Japanese nationals in the
protest, according to the Japanese Embassy in Beijing.
Security was tight, with several hundred police gathered around a square in the
city where protesters were scheduled to meet.
Messages posted on Internet websites show organizers have planned several
anti-Japan rallies, mainly in inland cities including Deyang and Changsha in
Hunan Province, on Saturday and Sunday as relations between Japan and China
tense.
But the Chinese authorities required universities and other schools in Deyang
and Changsha to operate Saturday and Sunday, to discourage students from taking
part in the planned demonstrations, according to the Information Center for
Human Rights & Democracy, a Hong Kong-based rights group.
Organizers called for Saturday protests in cities such as Kaifeng in Henan
Province, Huangshi in Hubei Province and Wuxi in Jiangsu Province. But no
protests had confirmed in any of those cities as of Saturday evening.
The Senkaku Islands are a group of uninhabited islets in the East China Sea.
They are part of the city of Ishigaki in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture.
Beijing claims the islands, which it calls Diaoyu, have been Chinese territory
since ancient times.
Protests are expected Sunday in cities such as Nanjing in Jiangsu Province,
Lanzhou in Gansu Province and Baoji in Shaanxi Province.
Plans are also under way to carry out an anti-Japan rally in Chongqing on Tuesday.
The Japanese Embassy in Beijing has been calling for caution among Japanese
residents in China, saying anti-Japan movements could happen anywhere in the
country.
Last weekend, there were protests in Chengdu and Mianyang in Sichuan Province
and Xian in Shaanxi Province.
Some of the demonstrations included vandalism and violence.
==Kyodo
