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Article: 1st Ld-Writethru: Chinese netizens urge Carrefour boycott after torch relay incident
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- April 16, 2008
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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 ...