Major demonstrations occured yesterday including attacks on the Japanese consulate in Shanghai which caused the Japanese government to make an official complaint today as thousands of Chinese voiced their strong anger at perceived Japanese arrogance and insensitivity towards their country's war crimes during World War 2. On Saturday and in the last few weeks, major cities saw large street protests against Japanese actions specifically the recent approval of school textbooks by the Japanese government which "glossed over" or downplayed atrocities that happened in World War 2 such as the "Rape of Nanking" which devastated the city and saw hundreds of thousands of its populations killed by the Japanese army.

Violence as protests grow and emotions flare and their roots