The death and injuries among Hong Kong protesters trying to storm the Diaoyu Islands should be blamed on the Japanese Government, a senior Chinese official said after visiting injured protester Fong Yue-yuen.
Cheng Yonghua, counsellor at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo, flew to see Mr Fong in the distant Japanese island of Ishigaki and afterwards declared Mr Fong's actions were 'understandable'.
Emergency medical treatment on critically injured Mr Fong has been so successful he may be able to return to Hong Kong on Monday.
Mr Cheng criticised the Japanese Government for not controlling right-wing groups and said the islands were 'the territory of China'.
He said it was inevitable people in China, Hong Kong and Macau would feel angry.
Mr Cheng was just one of a series of diplomatic figures visiting Mr Fong in intensive care.
The first was David Lan Hung-tsang, principal representative of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Tokyo.
