Pickets in Beijing damage car of Russian television


09.04.2005, 15.15



BEIJING, April 9 (Itar-Tass) - Pickets who have been protesting outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing have damaged a car that belongs to a camera crew of First channel of Russian television. The car parked not far from the site of the picket unfortunately was of Japanese make. The pickets damaged the car doors, kicking it hard several times.

The main slogan of the protest act that has been held in Beijing on Saturday is a warning to the population against buying Japanese goods. Young pickets have been hurling plastic bottles and stones at the embassy building. Loud cheers have been heard at every successful go at the embassy's windows. Earlier, the Chinese protesters tore apart the Japanese state flag.

Riot police and armed people’s police forces have heavily cordoned off the Japanese embassy.

The Chinese protesters challenged school books approved by Japanese authorities that "embellish Japan's military past,” the protesters said. The pickets have also claimed Chinese sovereignty over the Diaoyu islands which remain under Japan's jurisdiction.

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