In recent months, a territorial dispute over a set of islands in the East China Sea has strained Chinese relations with Japan. The dispute flared when Japan announced it had bought the islands from private owners.
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In recent months, a territorial dispute over a set of islands in the East China Sea has strained Chinese relations with Japan. The dispute flared when Japan announced it had bought the islands from private owners.
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Protests swept through China as citizens expressed their anger at Japan's island purchase. A shredded banner shows Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda beside a picture of Mao Zedong during protests in Beijing on September 16, 2012.
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Protests swept through China as citizens expressed their anger at Japan's island purchase. A shredded banner shows Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda beside a picture of Mao Zedong during protests in Beijing on September 16, 2012.
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A protester hurls a gas cannister during a demonstration in Shenzhen, China on September 16, over the disputed Diaoyu Islands, which is also known as Senkaku by Japan.
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A protester hurls a gas cannister during a demonstration in Shenzhen, China on September 16, over the disputed Diaoyu Islands, which is also known as Senkaku by Japan.
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A protester tries to climb over a security barrier during an anti-Japanese protest outside its embassy in Beijing on September 15, 2012.
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A protester tries to climb over a security barrier during an anti-Japanese protest outside its embassy in Beijing on September 15, 2012.
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Chinese para-military police create a barrier to prevent protesters from breaching the Japanese embassy in Beijing.
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Chinese para-military police create a barrier to prevent protesters from breaching the Japanese embassy in Beijing.
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Demonstrators showed their discontent by targeting imports from Japan, including this Japanese car damaged in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi province.
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Demonstrators showed their discontent by targeting imports from Japan, including this Japanese car damaged in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi province.
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Chinese protesters gather outside a JUSCO, a Japanese department store, in Qingdao, northeast China's Shandong province.
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Chinese protesters gather outside a JUSCO, a Japanese department store, in Qingdao, northeast China's Shandong province.
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Security guards try to remove Chinese protesters who ransacked Japan's JUSCO departmental store, in Qingdao on September 15.
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Security guards try to remove Chinese protesters who ransacked Japan's JUSCO departmental store, in Qingdao on September 15.
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