（中央社北京19日综合外电报导）美国驻中国大陆大使座车昨天成为反日示威民众目标，座车轻微损伤，所幸大使骆家辉并未受伤。
美国国务院今天发表声明，外交人员已向大陆外交部表示关切。
声明指出，骆家辉试图进入使馆时，约50名抗议民众包围座车，但最后遭大陆维安人员驱离。
日前美国驻利比亚、叶门与埃及使馆的外交官员遭暴力攻击，美国因此提高警戒。国务院声明表示，已要求中国大陆政府尽其所能保护美方单位和人员。
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Beijing demonstrators damage US ambassador’s car
BEIJING (AP) — A car carrying the U.S. ambassador to China was mildly damaged after becoming the target of boisterous anti-Japan demonstrators who were expressing outrage over a territorial dispute and marking the 81st anniversary of Japan’s invasion of China.
The State Department said in a statement Wednesday that Ambassador Gary Locke was unhurt in Tuesday’s incident, and that diplomats have expressed concerns to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
The statement said around 50 protesters surrounded Locke’s car as he tried to enter the embassy and were eventually removed by Chinese security personnel.
The incident comes amid heightened vigilance for American diplomats following violent attacks on U.S. embassies in Libya, Yemen and Egypt. The statement said embassy officials have asked the Chinese government to do everything possible to protect American facilities and personnel.
People across China have engaged in days of furious protests over some East China Sea islands, claimed by Beijing and Tokyo, that Japan purchased last week from a private owner. The U.S., a close ally of Japan, has said it is staying out of the dispute, but it also been the target of Chinese anger.
On Tuesday the dispute mixed with remembrances of a 1931 incident that Japan used as a pretext to invade Manchuria, setting off a brutal occupation of China that ended only at the close of World War II. China marks every Sept. 18 by blowing sirens, but demonstrations such as those seen Tuesday are not routine.
Thousands of protesters marched in front of the Japanese Embassy, with some burning Japanese flags and throwing apples, water bottles and eggs. The daylong demonstration periodically spilled over to the nearby U.S. Embassy.
The islands are tiny rock outcroppings that have been a sore point between China and Japan for decades. Japan has claimed the islands since 1895. The U.S. took jurisdiction after World War II and turned them over to Japan in 1972.
The disagreement escalated last week when the Japanese government said it was purchasing some of the islands from their private owner. Japan considers it an attempt to thwart a potentially more inflammatory move by the governor of Tokyo, who had wanted not only to buy the islands but develop them. But Beijing sees Japan’s purchase as an affront to its claims and its past calls for negotiations.
Beijing has sent patrol ships inside Japanese-claimed waters around the islands, and some state media have urged Chinese to show their patriotism by boycotting Japanese goods and canceling travel to Japan.
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Protesters Surround U.S. Ambassador’s Car
By BRIAN SPEGELE and PAUL MOZUR
BEIJING—The U.S. ambassador to China, Gary Locke, was surrounded in his official car by a group of about 50 Chinese protesters outside the U.S. Embassy on Tuesday and had to be protected by Chinese security guards, a State Department spokesperson said.
The protesters caused minor damage to the vehicle, but Mr. Locke was unharmed, the spokesperson said in a statement.
“Embassy officials have registered their concern regarding today’s incident with the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and urged the Chinese Government to do everything possible to protect American facilities and personnel,” the statement said. The ministry couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.
The U.S. Embassy in Beijing is close to the Japanese Embassy, where thousands of protesters have been massing over the past several days in a show of anger over the Japanese government’s decision to purchase disputed islands in the East China Sea.
Security near the U.S. Embassy was heightened this week, as riot police and others attempted to keep order among protesters. Main roads near the embassy had been closed to vehicle traffic, though they were reopened early Wednesday amid a heavy police presence.
The incident comes as U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is in Beijing this week meeting with senior Chinese military and civilian leaders.
The statement gave no details about the demonstrators who blocked Mr. Locke’s car, and what motivated their action.
Protests in some cities have turned violent, with Japanese cars smashed and Japanese-owned shops and factories forced to close. Nonetheless, protests in Beijing haven’t appeared directly targeted at the U.S., or its alliance with Tokyo.
“Chinese security personnel standing in front of the embassy responded and removed the demonstrators from the scene, allowing the Ambassador’s vehicle to enter the Embassy compound through another gate,” the statement said.
Mr. Locke, the first ethnic Chinese to hold the job of ambassador to China, has become a media celebrity since he arrived in 2011. Many Chinese admire his informal style, and how he and his family mix with ordinary Chinese, in contrast to the aloof behavior of their own leaders.
Mr. Locke was famously photographed by a Chinese traveler carrying a backpack and buying his own cup of coffee at Starbucks at Seattle airport as he flew off to start his assignment in Beijing. The picture went viral on the Chinese Internet, where critics noted a Chinese official would likely be surrounded by personal assistants.
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美国大使的车也被袭了,一般屁民怎么可能知道他的行程.这应证了我这几天对此次反日的分析,特别是上一推的.有习这样的庸人加上后面骄狂的太子党,十八大后政局只会更动荡,控制更严酷.再说一遍,中共只能被推翻,决不可能改良.热爱自由者当从心理和行动上(尤其是松散组织的)作好社会运动的准备.
@jajia: 谁能告诉我，是什么势力，可以那么准确地定位并找到日本大使、美国大使的座驾？然后围堵，然后拔旗？在过去的这么多年中，从未出现过这样的状况，在一个月内居然发生两次。#一盘很大的棋#
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