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BEIJING
(Reuters) - Dozens of young Chinese, angry at disruption of the
Olympic torch relay in Paris, protested outside a Carrefour branch
in east China on Friday, setting fire to a French flag, waving
banners and shouting slogans, local media said.
There have
been small protests at the French retail giant's stores in several
Chinese cities, including Beijing, in the past week, but the latest
outburst in the eastern coastal city of Qingdao came after state
media moved to cool down the nationalistic fervor.
Chinese
Internet users are calling on consumers to boycott Carrefour, which
they accuse of supporting pro-Tibetan independence groups seeking
to disrupt this year's Beijing Olympics.
The journey
of the Olympic torch around the world has been dogged by protests,
largely over Chinese rule in Tibet, where a wave of anti-government
unrest erupted in March.
In Paris,
numerous protests and attempts by activists to snatch the torch
prompted Chinese security officials to extinguish the torch several
times and put in on a bus.
Local media
photos showed the protesters holding up banners that read "Boycott
France, Support the Olympics" and "Oppose Tibet independence, Love
the motherland".
They waved
red Chinese flags and shouted slogans, attracting a big crowd of
onlookers. One photo showed a man burning a French flag.
Chinese
Internet message boards have also featured photos from Hefei,
capital city of the eastern province of Anhui, where several
"elementary school students" staged a protest with a banner reading
"Oppose Carrefour, Shopping is shameful".
France has tried to play down
calls for a boycott of French goods, saying they were being made by
a "very small minority" and Carrefour, which has more than 100
hypermarkets in China, has restated its support for Beijing's
hosting of the Olympics. Some Chinese newspapers have also run
commentaries against the boycott, saying in the era of
globalization it would only hurt Chinese employees and
suppliers.
Still, an
opinion poll in 10 Chinese cities found 66 percent of respondents
supported the Carrefour boycott, according to the official Xinhua
news agency. Only 7 percent said outright that they would
not.
Questions:
1. What is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 10
words.)
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2. Why are Chinese Internet users calling on
consumers to boycott Carrefour? (Please answer within 30
words.)
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3. What is the result of the opinion poll conducted in 10 Chinese
cities? (Please answer within 10 words.)
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【答案解析】
1. Angry Chinese burn French flag outside Carrefour
2. Because they accuse Carrefour of supporting pro-Tibetan
independence groups seeking to disrupt this year's Beijing
Olympics.
3. 66 percent of respondents supported the Carrefour boycott.
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