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Chinese authorities struggle to keep lid on anti-Japanese protests

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

2012/09/20

Chinese police stand in front of the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang, Liaoning province, damaged and defaced by bricks, paint and plastic bottles on Sept. 18. (Koichiro Ishida)Shanghai police transport protesters to the Japanese Consulate General on Sept. 18. (Atsushi Okudera)Some participants at the Sept. 18 anti-Japanese demonstration in Guangzhou pass out leaflets expressing opposition to violence. (Kentaro Koyama)

Raging anti-Japan rallies appeared to spread to more than 100 cities across China on Sept. 18 even as authorities tried to tamp down the flare-up, amid signs the protests may be hard to control quickly.