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Thousands rally against Japan in Beijing
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-04-09 22:37
More than 10,000 Chinese have joined the Saturday rally in Beijing protesting
Japan's distortion of its wartime past and Tokyo's bid for a permanent seat on
the UN
Security Council.
People, echoing a call on Internet bulletin
boards, came to the Hailong shopping center in northern Beijing's Haidian
district, carrying Chinese flags and anti-Japanese banners.
Japan
officially approved new textbook on Tuesday which glosses over Japanese wartime
atrocities.
The gathering participants called out slogans as "boycott
Japanese-made products," "safeguard Diaoyu Islands," and "smash Japan's daydream
of seeking permanent seat on the UN Security Council."
About 1,000 people
started the gathering in the morning and more people joined the protest. The
number reached 10,000 at noon, and the group marched from Zhongguancun street to
the east part of Beijing where the Japanese Embassy locates.
The police
are keeping the order along the route. The procession group is near the Japanese
Embassy by press time.
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