- Title: CHINA: apan businesses in China close as protests continue.
- Date: 18th September 2012
- Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (SEPTEMBER 18, 2012) (REUTERS) POLICE OFFICERS GATHERED IN FRONT OF ROW OF JAPANESE SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS POLICE OFFICERS WALKING PAST SHOPS PEOPLE WALKING PAST SHOPS WITH CHINESE NATIONAL FLAGS HUNG OVER ITS ENTRANCE SHOP ENTRANCE WITH SIGN IN MANDARIN READING: "CLOSED" SHOP ENTRANCE WITH BANNER IN MANDARIN READING: "CHINA MUST WIN" SHOP WINDOW WITH SIGN IN MANDARIN READING: "TRUE CITIZEN OF CHINA, SHOP OF A TRUE PATRIOT" SHOP FRONTS WITH CHINESE NATIONAL FLAGS HANGING ROW OF SHOPS WITH CHINESE NATIONAL FLAGS HANGING BEIJING, CHINA (SEPTEMBER 17, 2012) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF SILK STREET MARKET SIGN READING: "SILK STREET" VARIOUS OF BANNER ON BUILDING READING: "WE REFUSE TO SELL JAPANESE GOODS IN SILK STREET MARKET" PEOPLE WALKING BY BUILDING ENTRANCE PEOPLE STANDING BY CAR COVERED WITH SIGNS BEARING ANTI-JAPANESE SLOGANS (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) PROTESTER/BEIJING RESIDENT LIU HAIWEI SAYING: "We are refusing to buy and shop for anything to do with Japan and their products. We want to boycott them strongly. We definitely won't buy Japanese products, and that starts with me, China's own." T-SHIRT ON LIU WITH HANDWRITTEN ANTI-JAPANESE SLOGAN LIU GETTING INTO CAR LIU SITTING IN CAR COVERED WITH SIGNS BEARING ANTI-JAPANESE SLOGAN CAR BONNET WITH SIGN READING: "BOYCOTT JAPANESE PRODUCTS. PROTEST AGAINST ISLAND PURCHASE" EXTERIOR OF STORE OF JAPANESE CLOTHING CHAIN UNIQLO SECURITY TAPE AROUND STORE ENTRANCE MEN IN CRANES OUTSIDE STORE STORE WINDOW DISPLAY
- Embargoed: 3rd October 2012 13:00
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- Location: China
- Country: China
- Topics: International Relations,Politics
- Reuters ID: LVAA8FKDWCCHO7UL0C1KGQB2HBS
- Story Text: Hundreds of Japanese shops and restaurants suspended services in China on Tuesday (September 18), as anti-Japan protests reignited and risked dragging a territorial dispute between Asia's two biggest economies deeper into crisis.
China's worst outbreak of anti-Japan sentiment in decades had led to protests and attacks on Japanese companies such as car makers Toyota and Honda, forcing them to halt operations.
Police in northeast Beijing were seen patrolling a row of Japanese shops, which have hung up Chinese national flags and banners with patriotic slogans out front.
More protests are expected across China on Tuesday, which marks the anniversary of Japan's 1931 occupation of parts of mainland China.
Silk Street, a popular flea market in Beijing, has hung a banner on its building fa�de to reassure shoppers that they are no longer selling Japanese products.
"We are refusing to buy and shop for anything to do with Japan and their products. We want to boycott them strongly. We definitely won't buy Japanese products, and that starts with me, China's own," said Liu Haiwei, who runs a clothing store in the market.
The ruling Chinese Communist Party, which rarely allows street protests, opened the door to the display of public anger after Japan's decision last week to buy disputed East China Sea islands, which Tokyo calls the Senkaku and Beijing calls the Diaoyu, from a private Japanese owner.
Asia's largest apparel retailer said it will close 19 Uniqlo outlets in China on Tuesday, up from seven on Monday.
Despite the tension, some Japanese firms said it was largely business as usual on Tuesday, with NEC Corp, Toshiba Corp and Fujitsu Ltd saying operations were running as normal. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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