Posted AT 12:51 AM EDT on 25/10/04
Nationalist fervour runs amok
Beijing — By taxi and bicycle, the young men arrived near the Japanese embassy. They carried loudspeakers and sirens and giant red Chinese flags. They wore shirts with anti-Japanese slogans.
It could mean only one thing. The Chinese patriots were on the prowl again.
"Flag-holder, come to the front," shouted an organizer as the patriots began to march.
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