Protesters hold up a giant Chinese national flag during protests outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing, China, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012. Tensions between the two countries flared anew after the Japanese government bought the disputed islands from their private Japanese owners this week. The uninhabited islands, Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, claimed by both countries as well as Taiwan, have become a rallying point for nationalists on both sides. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
