Protests to protect Diaoyu Islands in San Francisco
- By Tang He
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Thousands of people from the US-China Chamber of Commerce, the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification and over two hundred Chinese communities form California jointly protested against the Japanese right wing activists' landing on the Diaoyu Islands today in Portsmouth Square, San Francisco. A police escort cleared the way for the parade, with hundreds of officers maintaining order and dozens of media attending.
![Thousands of Chinese Americans jointly protested against the Japanese right wing activists' landing on the Diaoyu Islands today in Portsmouth Square, San Francisco. [Tang He/China.org.cn]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20120918/000cf1bdd03f11c22e6719.JPG "Thousands of Chinese Americans jointly protested against the Japanese right wing activists' landing on the Diaoyu Islands today in Portsmouth Square, San Francisco. [Tang He/China.org.cn]") |
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Thousands of Chinese Americans jointly protested against the Japanese right wing activists' landing on the Diaoyu Islands today in Portsmouth Square, San Francisco. [Tang He/China.org.cn] |
Wells Fargo Vice President Ouyang Feipeng and singer Liu Li led the masses, which were witnessed by a large number of tourists in the area. Anti-Japanese sentiment has continued to rise over the past weeks and during the protests, over one hundred Chinese Americans, united in their condemnation of Japan's recent provocations, even stormed the Japanese Embassy.
"Defend the Diaoyu Islands, unite the Chinese people" served as the theme of the rally hosted by Li Jingfen and Lin Qing. During the four-hour protest march, all one could see on the streets were Chinese banners denouncing the Japan's Diaoyu Islands purchase and demanding the United States would not interfere with China's sovereignty over the islands.
The protesters, young and old, started out on Portsmouth Square, then walked from Washington Street to Broadway, Stockton, and eventually made their way back to Portsmouth Square.
The news article was tranlated by China.org.cn editor An Wei.
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