"Anti-Japan violence inexcusable"

The following editorial appeared in The Yomiuri Shimbun on Thursday:

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's latest remark about anti-Japanese demonstrations in his country can only be interpreted as an attempt to justify these violent mass demonstrations.Wen's statement was the first of its kind to be made by a Chinese leader about the recent anti-Japanese protests in Beijing and some other major cities in China. Wen described the demonstrations as rallies against a Japanese bid to gain a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council, saying, "Strong responses from the Asian people should make the Japanese government reflect deeply and profoundly."...