Anti-Japan protests occur in 4 China cities

Anti-Japan protests occur in 4 China cities

DONGGUAN, China - An anti-Japan protestor sets fire to a Japanese flag in Dongguan in China's Guangdong Province on Aug. 26, 2012. Anti-Japan protesters massed in four Chinese cities the same day, asserting Beijing's claim to sovereignty over the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Marking the second straight weekend of anti-Japan protest events in China, the demonstrations took place in Zhuji, Zhejiang Province, in Haikou, Hainan Province, in Dongguan in Guangdong Province and in Yangquan in Shanxi Province.

U.S. diplomats get 3rd meeting with crew detained by China

U.S. diplomats get 3rd meeting with crew detained by China

HAIKOU, China - U.S. Embassy military attache Brig. Gen. Neal Sealock speaks at a press conference at a hotel in Haikou, China, on April 8 after meeting for the third time with crew members of a U.S. Navy spy plane detained in China. The 24 crew members have been detained since April 1, when they made an emergency landing on China's southern Hainan island after their EP-3 Aries II collided with a Chinese fighter plane, leaving the plane lost and the pilot presumed dead.

U.S. diplomat meets with crew of spy plane

U.S. diplomat meets with crew of spy plane

HAIKOU, China - U.S. Embassy military attache Brig. Gen. Neal Sealock speaks at a news conference in Haikou, China, on April 6 after meeting with the 24 crew members of a U.S. Navy spy plane who are being held in Hainan following a collision with a Chinese fighter jet over the South China Sea. Sealock said the crew members were in good spirits, adding he conveyed ''best wishes'' from President George W. Bush to the air crew.