Anti-Japan protests in China swell, turn violent

A Chinese demonstrator climbs over the fence and chants slogans during an anti-Japanese protests outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012. Tensions between the two countries flared anew after the Japanese government bought the disputed islands from their private Japanese owners this week. The uninhabited islands, Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, claimed by both countries as well as Taiwan, have become a rallying point for nationalists on both sides. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)?(Andy Wong)

BEIJING ? Angry protesters are staging anti-Japanese demonstrations in cities across China over Japan's control of disputed islands, with a protest in Beijing turning violent before being brought under control by police.

Thousands of protesters threw rocks and burned Japanese flags in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Saturday morning. Some tried to breach a metal police barricade but were pushed back by riot police.

Protests are occurring in at least a dozen Chinese cities, with only a few reports of clashes.

Anti-Japanese sentiment has been building for weeks over the disputed East China Sea islands. Feelings intensified this week after the Japanese government purchased the islands from their private owners. Though Japan has controlled the islands for decades, China saw the purchase as proof of Tokyo's refusal to negotiate.

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