Taiwan activists scuffle again over island landing

May 8, 1997
Web posted at: 4:55 p.m. EDT (2055 GMT)

TAIPEI, Taiwan (CNN) -- Taiwan demonstrators threw eggs and scuffled with police while trying to storm Japan's de facto embassy in Taipei Thursday to protest a landing by four Japanese on a disputed East China Sea island.

A similar demonstration took place on Wednesday outside Japan's Interchange Association, which represents Tokyo in the absence of diplomatic ties.

The Japanese-administered islands are called Senkaku by Japan and Diaoyu by China. They are claimed by Tokyo, Beijing and Taipei.

Shingo Nishimura, a Japanese lawmaker who landed on the islands with three other people on Tuesday, should be prosecuted, China said.

Reuters contributed to this report.

 

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