April 22, 2008	Tuesday	Rabi-us-Sani 15, 1429

BEIJING, April 21: Thousands of people joined angry protests outside Carrefour stores across China on Monday on the third day of anti-France demonstrations in the wake of Tibetan unrest, police and business sources said.

Rallies were held in nine cities with the largest in Zhengzhou, capital of the central province of Henan, where the chain store was forced to close its doors, they said.

Thousands also demonstrated against Carrefour over the weekend, angered by claims — denied by the store — that it supports exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.

There was no immediate reaction from Carrefour’s Paris office to the latest protests, which have apparently unnerved both the French and Chinese governments.—AFP