China Warns Against Violence as Japan Protests Are Broken Up
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China banned some protests in the city of Xian and detained suspects accused of vandalizing billboards and a storefront amid a territorial dispute with Japan, after two Japanese car dealerships were set on fire and police used water cannons to break up demonstrations.
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on a visit to Tokyo he was “very concerned” after demonstrators took to the streets yesterday in a dozen cities across China, in the biggest protests since 2005. In Shenzhen, police used tear gas and water cannons to stop protesters from reaching a Japanese department store, Radio Television Hong Kong reported.