Police stood by as thousands of demonstrators protested outside Japanese diplomatic missions in China in April last year. 去年四月,数以千计的示威者在日本驻华使馆外抗议时,警方也随时准备采取行动。
The reporting from our various diplomatic posts converged on the proposition that the war was improbable. 我国各驻外使馆所发回的报告都一致认为战争不可能发生。