People in a number of Chinese cities, including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shenyang, Hangzhou and Harbin, took to the street Sunday morning to voice their opposition to Japanese right wing activists' landing on the Diaoyu Islands. [Sina Weibo]

People in a number of Chinese cities, including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shenyang, Hangzhou, Harbin and Qingdao, took to the street Sunday morning to voice their opposition to Japanese ring wing activists' landing on China's Diaoyu Islands.

Around 8:50 a.m., over 100 protestors gathered near the Consulate-General of Japan in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, holding Chinese national flags and banners reading, "Defend China's territory over the Diaoyu Islands."

They also shouted, "Japan, get out of the Diaoyu Islands!"

From 9:40 a.m., protestors marched on major roads in Guangzhou, as police maintained order.

The protestors returned to the Consulate-General of Japan in Guangzhou around 10:30 a.m., and some Guangzhou residents staged a sit-in at the gate of the compound.

In downtown Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, protestors gathered at SEG Plaza around 9:00 a.m., holding Chinese national flags and shouting about defending China's territory.

From 10:30 a.m., protestors marched on major roads in the city's downtown area.

As of 11:00 a.m., about 1,000 protestors had assembled in Shenzhen.

In Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, hundreds of residents gathered at Dragon Tower Square, a city landmark.

The protestors organized online, and some local residents arrived at the scene to support the protestors by offering them Chinese national flags and drinking water, according to the protestors.

The protestors were led along the city's major roads by two cars flying Chinese national flags. Police maintained order and directed traffic, as the group gained more protestors throughout the march.

In the capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, about 100 protestors gathered at a square near the Shenyang municipal government building and marched to the Consulate-General of Japan in Shenyang.

Some of the protestors wore red dresses bearing the Chinese characters for "China" and held loudspeakers. Police were on hand to maintain order.

The Japan Coast Guard confirmed that nine Japanese activists landed on the Diaoyu Islands early Sunday morning, Japanese media reported.