Chinese Anti-Japanese protests

The BBC reports that there have been anti-Japanese protests for the last 2 day, spreading from Beijing to the southern province of Guandong. There was a 10K march in Beijing protesting about "a new Japanese history textbook playing down Japan's WW2 atrocities". Apparently a "massaacre" in Nanjing in 1937 was described by the textbook as an "incident"

Stones were also thrown at the Japanese embassy, there. The crowd called for the boycott of Japanese good and burning of flags as well as banners saying "down with Japanese militarism"

The BBC editorialises by suggesting that the sentiment has been fuelled by Japan's bid for a permanent UN Security Council seat.

It seems strange that Germany has not had protests directed at it yet both China and South Korea has asked for further apologies from Japan although perhaps the degree to which is must move is reflected in its textbooks.