In news from Asia, China has publicly warned that relations with Japan have reached its lowest point since 1972 when diplomatic relations were established. Over the past two weeks a series of anti-Japanese protests have taken place in China. The protests began after the publication of a new school textbook in Japan. Many in China accused the Japanese government of approving a textbook that downplayed some of the atrocities carried out by the Japanese during its occupation of China seven decades ago.