Foreigners who staged free tibet demonstrations have been deported .

举行自由西藏示威的外国人则受到驱逐。

Japanese nationalists held demonstrations on the island back in 1990 .

1990年日本民族主义者发起了示威游行要求收回小岛。

Perhaps officials tacitly approved of the demonstrations at first .

或许是一开始官方默许了这种游行抗议。

But big demonstrations have been relatively rare .

但是此后大型的抗议活动已相对罕见。

Later military modernisation became more of a priority , thanks to two demonstrations of american firepower .

后来中国更加优先了其军事现代化建设，但这要归功于美国人的两次武力展示行动。