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Protests against the French-based supermarket chain Carrefour took place May 1 in the Chinese cities of Beijing, Changsha, Fuzhou, Chongqing and Shenyang. Despite calls for a nationwide boycott of all Carrefour stores across China, relatively few protesters — numbering only in the hundreds — appeared outside a few outlets with banners and posters.

The , spurred by various French moves to boycott or undermine the upcoming Olympics in Beijing — most notably an incident in Paris in which anti-China protesters attempted to take the torch out of the hands of a wheelchair-bound relay participant.

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