Protesters demonstrate at Japanese embassy

Xinhua, August 16, 2012

People demonstrate outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on August 15, 2012.

More than 20 people demonstrated in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing Wednesday morning over the Diaoyu Islands.

The demonstration started at 10 a.m. and lasted 20 minutes. Holding China's national flags and banners asserting China's sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands, the participants shouted slogans, sang songs and read an open letter to the Japanese government.