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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-05-01 06:52 Carrefour stores hit by protests in China - report

BEIJING (Thomson Financial) - Hundreds of protesters demonstrated Thursday outside stores belonging to French supermarket chain Carrefour in three cities in China, state media reported, in a new sign of anti-French sentiment.

Holding Chinese national flags, they shouted slogans against Carrefour and against independence for Tibet, the Xinhua news agency said.

The protesters also expressed support for the Beijing Olympics outside the Carrefour stores in Changsha, capital of the central province of Hunan; Fuzhou in the southeast, and Shenyang in the northeast.

The French retailer last week cancelled an advertising campaign scheduled to launch in China on Thursday following anti-French demonstrations in the country in protest against France's attitude over Tibet and China's hosting of the Olympic Games this year.


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