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In this Sunday Aug. 19, 2012 photo, anti-Japan protesters march in Harbin, in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province. An unauthorized landing by Japanese activists on a tiny island in what the Japanese call the Senkaku chain - and the Chinese call the Diaoyu - sparked an outpouring of anger and anti-Japanese protests across China and fueled calls for aggressive government action that some fear could lead to a dangerous escalation of tensions. (AP Photo)

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Gu Kailai (center), the wife of disgraced politician Bo Xilai, stands during her trial in the Hefei Intermediate People’s Court in Hefei in eastern China’s Anhui province earlier this month. Gu was given a suspended death sentence on Monday. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Gu Kailai (center), the wife of disgraced politician Bo Xilai, stands during her trial Aug. 9, 2012, in the Hefei Intermediate People's Court in Hefei in eastern China's Anhui province. The fallen Chinese politician’s wife confessed to killing a British businessman. (Associated Press/CCTV via APTN)

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Anti-Japan protesters march Sunday in China. Japanese activists swam ashore and raised flags Sunday on an island claimed by both Japan and China. (Associated Press)

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Japanese coast guard officers patrol in a rubber boat as Japanese activists hang their national flag on a small lighthouse and its perimeter on Uotsuri, the largest island in a small archipelago known in Japan as the Senkaku Islands and in China as the Diaoyu Islands, on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)