Article: 1st Ld-Writethru: Chinese netizens urge Carrefour boycott after torch relay incident

1st Ld-Writethru: Chinese netizens urge Carrefour boycott after torch relay incident

BEIJING, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Online and text message calls for boycotts of French Carrefour and other foreign retailers are circulating in China in response to the disruptions of the Olympic torch relay in Paris.

The calls attempted to mobilize Chinese citizens to boycott purchases in chain stores of Carrefour and Louis Vuitton, a French luxury brand, and Body shop, a cosmetics retailer belonging to L'Oreal SA.

Chinese Internet search engine Baidu turns up about 211,000 entries supporting a boycott of Carrefour. Similar calls have circulated on www.qq.com, a popular chat site, and through mobile phone ...

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