Flags, tensions raised in Japan-China island row
- Published: 19 Aug 2012 at 11.48
- Online news: Asia
Nationalists raised Japanese flags on an island at the heart of a corrosive territorial row on Sunday, sparking street protests in China and an angry reaction from Beijing.
An activist holds the Japanese flag before it was placed on a disputed island, part of a group known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, early on August 19. Nationalists raised the flags on an island at the heart of a corrosive territorial row on, sparking street protests in China and an angry reaction from Beijing.
Around a dozen members of the right-wing group Gambare Nippon (Hang In There Japan) swam ashore, an AFP journalist witnessed, from a 20-boat flotilla carrying activists and lawmakers.
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