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00:33 UTC+8 September 24, 2012
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HUNDREDS of slogan-chanting Taiwan people rallied against Japan yesterday amid the ongoing territorial dispute over the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea.
The demonstrators called for a boycott of Japanese goods as they marched past a department store in Taipei, known for its sales of Japanese-made items.
"Down with Japanese imperialism," "Diaoyutai is ours, Japanese get out of Diaoyutai," the protesters shouted. The crowd unfurled banners, waved Chinese national flags and brandished anti-Japanese placards during the march.
The protesters called for cooperation with Chinese mainland to safeguard sovereignty of the Diaoyu Islands which lie about 200 kilometers from Taiwan.
A group of fishermen in the northeastern Nanfangau fishing port said yesterday that a flotilla of more than 60 fishing vessels would be setting sail today for waters off the islands group.
"The islands have been our traditional fishing ground for centuries," said Chen Chun-sheng, the head of a fishermen's association at the port.
"We pledge to use our lives to protect them, or we'd disgrace our ancestors," he said.
The demonstrators called for a boycott of Japanese goods as they marched past a department store in Taipei, known for its sales of Japanese-made items.
"Down with Japanese imperialism," "Diaoyutai is ours, Japanese get out of Diaoyutai," the protesters shouted. The crowd unfurled banners, waved Chinese national flags and brandished anti-Japanese placards during the march.
The protesters called for cooperation with Chinese mainland to safeguard sovereignty of the Diaoyu Islands which lie about 200 kilometers from Taiwan.
A group of fishermen in the northeastern Nanfangau fishing port said yesterday that a flotilla of more than 60 fishing vessels would be setting sail today for waters off the islands group.
"The islands have been our traditional fishing ground for centuries," said Chen Chun-sheng, the head of a fishermen's association at the port.
"We pledge to use our lives to protect them, or we'd disgrace our ancestors," he said.
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