A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday that the recent widespread anti-Japan protests reflect Chinese public's firm resolution to safeguard sovereignty.
Overseas Chinese in Los Angeles marked the 81st anniversary of the "Sept 18 Incident" Tuesday by voicing support for China's resolve to defend the Diaoyu Islands.
Japanese convenience store 7-Eleven reopened its outlets in two Chinese cities Wednesday after briefly closing Tuesday amid widespread anti-Japan demonstrations.
Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping on Wednesday said Japan's "purchase" of the Diaoyu Islands was a farce and urged Japan to stop any behaviors that infringe upon China's sovereignty.
Overseas Chinese in the US city of Houston on Tuesday presented a written protest over the Diaoyu Islands to the Japanese Consulate General in the city.
Chinese people chose different ways to remember Sept 18, 1931, on Tuesday, the day Japan began its brutal 14-year occupation of parts of China.
political advisor Jia Qinglin on Tuesday said both sides of the Taiwan Strait should safeguard the nation's territorial integrity, interests and dignity together through their own means.
Chinese marine surveillance ships continued patrol and law enforcement activities around the Diaoyu Islands on Tuesday, the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said.
New waves of anti-Japan protests erupted in Chinese cities as citizens commemorated the 81st anniversary of the Japanese invasion of northeast China and mourned the war dead on Tuesday.
China issued on Tuesday a thematic map on the Diaoyu Islands and its affiliated islands.
Around ten HK organizations Tuesday staged peaceful demonstration to commemorate the 81st anniversary of Sept 18 Incident marking start of the Japanese invasion of northeast China.
Japan's attempt to "purchase" the Diaoyu Islands will never succeed and it should "return to the track of negotiations" for the settlement of disputes.