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The tension between China and Japan is at its all time high during the present times. On 16 October 2010 a large number of protesters came out on the roads in central city of China, Chengdu, shouting slogans against Japan.

Thousands of protesters marched through Tokyo on Saturday to demonstrate against what they called China's invasion of disputed islands that both countries claim.

Marchers outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing rally against the detention of a Chinese fishing crew.

Police shot dead two Uighurs on Monday in renewed unrest in China's far northwestern region of Xinjiang, Reuters reported state radio as saying.

At least 184 people died in last weekend's violent protests in China's far-west Xinjiang region, state-run media reported.

Mainland China remained quiet on the 20th anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown Thursday, while tens of thousands of people staged a protest in Hong Kong.

Chinese security forces blanketed Tiananmen Square on Wednesday ahead of the 20th anniversary of the June 4 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, a day after Twitter and Hotmail Internet services in China were blocked.

A new book by the deceased former Communist chief ousted for refusing to suppress the 1989 protests offers a rare look at the struggle.

A lecture by Chinese premier Wen Jiabao was disrupted when a human rights protester threw a shoe at him Monday.