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Boycott? What boycott? Auchan sale brings in crowds and chaos

French retailer Auchan hypermart, perhaps worried about the rising anti-French fury among the Chinese public and the calls for boycotts against French businesses and products resulting from President Nicolas Sarkozy's meeting with the Dalai Lama, did... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Thu, Dec 11 2008

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