Thousands rally against Japanese
18/4/2005 14:50
Shanghai Daily news
Some 20,000 Shanghai students and older citizens took part in anti-Japanese
demonstrations across the city on Saturday. "Dissatisfied with Japan's wrong
attitudes and actions on a series of issues such as its history of aggression,
the students and citizens spontaneously took to the streets to demonstrate and
protest, expressing their discontent with the right-wing forces in Japan,"
Shanghai government spokeswoman Jiao Yang said on Saturday night. Jiao said
she hopes the Japanese will "seriously consider the Chinese people's concerns
and properly handle the history of Japanese aggression against China" and other
sensitive issues. Shanghai police and other municipal departments have made
great efforts to ensure the safety of Japanese organizations and citizens based
in the city, Jiao said. She said timely measures were taken to alleviate the
security situation on Saturday and the social order was largely
maintained. Jiao reminded citizens that anyone who wants to organize
assemblies, processions or demonstrations must apply to and gain approval from
public security authorities. She repeated a government call for people to
"remain calm and rational.'' Wenhui Daily reported yesterday that a few
people who threw stones and broke glass during the protest march were detained
by the city's public security bureau for threatening public order and will face
punishment.
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