An estimated 20,000 anti-Japanese protesters — some shouting "kill the Japanese" — rampaged through Shanghai on Saturday, stoning Japan's consulate and smashing cars and shops in protest over Tokyo's bid for a permanent U.N. Security Council seat and perceived whitewashing of wartime atrocities.
Thousands of police watched the rioting but did little to restrain the crowd, and Japan filed an official protest, complaining that Chinese authorities failed to stop anti-Japanese violence for a third weekend in a row.
Japan's Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura flew to the capital Beijing on Sunday for talks aimed at defusing the tensions.
A dozen police officers stood guard in the arrivals area of the Beijing airport as Machimura's flight from Tokyo landed, but there was no sign of protesters. Machimura didn't speak to reporters.
