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Beijing hard pressed to contain anti-Japanese public sentiment

BY NOZOMU HAYASHI CORRESPONDENT

2012/08/29

In this Aug. 19 file photo, anti-Japanese protesters march in Chengdu, in southwestern China's Sichuan province. The Chinese government's sensitivity over protests that took place in several Chinese cities on the day over the custody of the islands, known as Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan, reflects its perpetual fear that allowing its people too much freedom to hold protests could snowball into domestic dissidence. (AP Photo)

BEIJING -- The latest assault on the official vehicle of Japan's ambassador to China demonstrates that the Chinese public's hostility toward Japan, set off by recent territorial disputes over the Senkaku Islands, is spiraling out of control in Beijing.