Anti-Japan protests ease off in China, authorities reducing tension
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Policeman stand guard outside the main entrance of the Japanese embassy, which remains covered in paint and eggs thrown by demonstrators during Tuesday's anti-Japan protests, in Beijing on Sept 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Security personnel with the Japanese embassy stand guard with helmet and shield as Chinese cleaners wash the entrance to the Japan embassy in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, Sept 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Security personnel, right side, stand guard with helmet and shield as Chinese cleaners wash the entrance to the Japan Embassy in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, Sept 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Chinese paramilitary police march with their shields outside the entrance to the Japanese Embassy in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, Sept 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Policemen patrol the footpath near the main entrance of the Japanese embassy in Beijing on Sept 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Policemen stand guard outside the main entrance of the Japanese embassy in Beijing on Sept 19, 2012 which remains covered in paint and eggs that were thrown by demonstrators during anti-Japan protests yesterday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Policeman stand guard outside the main entrance of the Japanese embassy, which remains covered in paint and eggs thrown by demonstrators during Tuesday's anti-Japan protests, in Beijing on Sept 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Security personnel with the Japanese embassy stand guard with helmet and shield as Chinese cleaners wash the entrance to the Japan embassy in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, Sept 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Security personnel, right side, stand guard with helmet and shield as Chinese cleaners wash the entrance to the Japan Embassy in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, Sept 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Chinese paramilitary police march with their shields outside the entrance to the Japanese Embassy in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, Sept 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Policemen patrol the footpath near the main entrance of the Japanese embassy in Beijing on Sept 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Policemen stand guard outside the main entrance of the Japanese embassy in Beijing on Sept 19, 2012 which remains covered in paint and eggs that were thrown by demonstrators during anti-Japan protests yesterday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
BEIJING (AFP) - Anti-Japan protests in Beijing and elsewhere in China over a bitter territorial row died down on Wednesday as authorities appeared to be trying to lower the temperature of the dispute.
There were no crowds outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing - the scene of mass demonstrations at the weekend and on Tuesday - and it said police had told citizens to avoid the area.
Armed police remained stationed outside the compound, but the road was re-opened to traffic, effectively preventing any substantial gathering. Other than minor demonstrations outside the consulate in Shanghai, there were no reports of protests elsewhere in China.
The row centres on islands in the East China Sea known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China.
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