BEIJING – As anti-Japanese protests continued for a third day in a row Tuesday, government censors imposed a news blackout on coverage of protests, signaling that Beijing was trying to contain further damage to already strained Sino-Japanese relations.
None of the nation’s thousands of newspapers, television stations and news websites carried any details of the protests that took the capital by storm on Saturday. On Sunday, hundreds of full-gear riot police blocked access to the diplomatic quarter in downtown Beijing, but avoided direct confrontation with protesters. In sharp contrast with the full blast of anti-Japanese propaganda a few weeks ago when national media covered extensively China’s grassroots campaign to block Japan’s bid for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council, this time they avoided any mention of the riots that had spread over China.
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