Behind China’s Anti-Japan Protests, the Hand of Officials

The recent anti-Japan protests in China may have been organized or helped along by a political faction in the Communist Party that wishes to gain a stronger hand at the Party’s negotiating table.

Chinese protesters stage an anti-Japan rally outside the Japan Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 15. There were protests in many major cities in China stemming from a territorial dispute over the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images