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  • China: A Monster on the Loose(protest veered off the script; politburo nervous)

    04/19/2005 3:54:22 AM PDT · by TigerLikesRooster · 41 replies · 1,384+ views
    Newsweek ^ | 04/25/05 issue | Melinda Liu
    A Monster on the Loose Beijing wanted to shake up Tokyo?but not like this. China Photos-Getty Images Unrest: Did protests start with the leadership's silent backing? By Melinda Liu Newsweek April 25 issue - If there was a script, this wasn't in it. China's president, Hu Jintao, convened an emergency session of the Politburo's powerful Standing Committee two weekends ago, just hours after anti-Japanese protests in the capital first turned violent. Thousands of marchers had converged on the Japanese Embassy, breaking windows and chanting "Kill the Japanese!" and "Come out, Japanese pigs!" Diplomacy aside, Hu's big worry was the...