With the U.S. defense secretary, Leon E. Panetta, in town talking about the dispute with his Chinese counterpart, and violent anti-Japanese — sometimes anti-foreign — demonstrations sweeping China, how concerned should the world be?
Paramilitary police officers blocked foreign reporters from demonstrations.
Putin has upped his anti-American rhetoric, blamed foreign governments for demonstrations against his rule, and curbed the activities of foreign NGOs in Russia.
On the other hand, what the government really fears is not human rights protests by foreign activists, but demonstrations by their own citizens.
The Iranian authorities have orchestrated similar political demonstrations against foreign embassies in the past, intervening only after the protest was well under way and the message was clear.
Dharmendra Kumar, of India FDI Watch, which organized the demonstrations against foreign direct investment in retailing, said large-scale retailing ran counter to Indian traditions.
Demonstrations on foreign policy actually reflect domestic politics".Ms Shirk is concerned that China's leaders, though generally relaxed about foreign affairs, could tip the country into war because of a crisis over Taiwan.
The Internet shutdown severely disrupted the flow of the YouTube videos and Facebook and Twitter posts that have allowed protesters and others to keep track of demonstrations, since foreign news media are banned and state media are heavily controlled.
Mr. Ahmadinejad, in a live interview on state television, pursued the government line that such demonstrations were foreign attempts to undermine a great nation, according to reports by the official news agency, IRNA.
And then they took it a step further (as they always do) by implying he was a "traitor" for participating in anti-war demonstrations (on "foreign soil") while studying in Great Britain as a Rhodes scholar.
Pushing past the bewildered policemen, we found ourselves in foreign territory; an uncontrolled demonstration roaming the streets of downtown Cairo.
