Tensions rise in Japan-China islands dispute

Protesters overturn a Japanese-brand police car during an anti-Japan protest in ShenzhenAnti-Japanese protests rocked Chinese cities on Sunday, August 19, after nationalists from Japan landed on an East China Sea island at the heart of a territorial dispute between the two nations, the largest flare-up of Chinese public anger over Japan in years.Chinese look at overturned Japanese cars after an anti-Japan protest in Shenzhen, China's Guangdong Province, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. Japanese activists swam ashore and raised flags Sunday on an island

Protesters overturn a Japanese-brand police car during an anti-Japan protest in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, August 19, 2012. Several Japanese nationalists landed on Sunday on a rocky island in the East China Sea at the heart of a territorial row with Beijing, sparking protests in several Chinese cities and a diplomatic rebuke from Beijing. REUTERS/Keita Van

Members of the nationalist movement

A boat, center, is surrounded by Japan Cost Guard's patrol boats after some activists descended from the boat on Uotsuri Island, one of the islands of Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, in

Chinese look at overturned Japanese cars after an anti-Japan protest in Shenzhen, China's Guangdong Province, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. Japanese activists swam ashore and raised flags Sunday on an island

A man takes photos of an overturned Japanese car with his mobile phone after an anti-Japan protest in Shenzhen, China's Guangdong Province, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. Japanese activists swam ashore and ra

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