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AP news of Anti-jialefu.cn
By HENRY SANDERSON, Associated Press Writer Tue Apr 15, 9:38 AM ET
BEIJING - A Chinese Internet campaign calling for a boycott of French retail giant Carrefour gained momentum Tuesday, part of a nationalistic counterattack against protests that marred the Beijing Olympics\' torch relay in Paris, London and San Francisco earlier this month.
Many online groups and a petition at a Web site called anti-jialefu.cn, the Chinese name for Carrefour, called for the boycott, saying protests during the Paris torch relay against Chinese policies in Tibet were an attack on China.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has also said he is considering not attending the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics because of China\'s crackdown on recent protests in Tibet.
The French people and government ignored the serious spirit of the Olympic torch, and ignored Chinese people\'s feelings, the petition said. We encourage you not to go to Carrefour again to buy goods, and to go to other supermarkets ... China cannot be insulted!
Text messages calling for a boycott of Carrefour have also been sent to mobile phones in Beijing, urging recipients to forward them to 20 other people.
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