Anti-Japan protests erupt in cities in China over disputed islands (25pics)

Protesters laugh and take pictures of a burned Japanese national flag during an anti-Japan protest in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Angry protesters staged anti-Japanese demonstrations in cities across China over Japan's control of disputed islands.

Security guards try to remove a group of Chinese protesters who ransacked the Japanese-owned JUSCO department store, in Qingdao, northeast China's Shandong province

A motorcyclist looks at the damaged facade of a Japanese-owned Aeon store in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China

An activist waves a burning Japan-US combined flag as protesters make their way to the Japanese consulate in Hong Kong

A demonstrator wears a head-dress with anti-Japan slogans during a protest in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu province

People look at a Japanese-brand vehicle overturned during an anti-Japan protest in Xi'an in northwest China's Shaanxi province

Police combat tear gas during a demonstration over the disputed islands in Shenzhen

A demonstrator kicks a glass window of the Japanese-owned Seibu department store in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province

Police and anti-Japanese protesters clash in Shenzhen

An anti-Japanese protester bleeds from the nose as riot police look on, during a demonstration held in Shenzhen over the disputed islands

A man sits outside a Heiwado department store looted by anti-Japan protesters in Changsha in south China's Hunan province

Police guard the Japanese embassy in Beijing during a protest

Protesters hold up a giant Chinese national flag during protests outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing

Chinese riot policemen shield themselves from eggs and other projectiles outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing

Chinese para-military police walk behind a barrier as demonstrators continue to throw eggs, rocks and water bottles during an anti-Japan protest outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing over the Diaoyu islands issue, known as the Senkaku islands in Japan

A paramilitary policeman guards an entrance of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing, eggs and paint splattered on its wall

A man throws an egg during a protest outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing

A water bottle thrown by a Chinese protester lands on the shields of riot policemen outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing

Paramilitary police shield themselves from bottles and other objects outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing

A man tries to climb over police lines during an anti-Japanese protest outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing

A demonstrator jumps and kicks a barrier set up by paramilitary police outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing

A baby with a Chinese flag sticker on his forehead watches as people attend an anti-Japanese protest outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing

A dog wearing a Japanese flag walks with protesters near the Japanese Embassy in Beijing

A woman shelters behind Chinese paramilitary police as demonstrators continue to throw eggs, rocks and water bottles outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing

A policeman in Beijing emerges from a closed Japanese restaurant covered with Chinese national flags and banners saying it is Chinese-owned