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Protesters in at least 4 cities in China have demonstrated outside branches of the French supermarket chain, Carrefour. They were angry at disruption to the Paris leg of Olympic torch relay by anti-China protesters and at what many see as French support for Tibetan independence. Our East Asia editor Steve Jackson reports.

"Carrefour is the most visible French presence in China and has been the focus of the campaign of anger since the chaotic¹ torch procession in Paris. In eastern Chinese city of Hefei, a branch of the supermarket was blockaded by around 40 trucks. In Wuhan in central China, several hundred protesters marched through the streets, calling for a boycott² of Carrefour. Many Chinese people were incensed³ by the actions of a free Tibet protester in Paris, who tried to snatch the Olympic torch from a female Chinese wheelchair athlete. France says it regrets the incident, Carrefour says it has no political role."

In Britain, hundreds of Chinese students protested in London and Manchester about what they say is "biased⁴ coverage⁵ of Tibet by the BBC".

1 chaotic   

adj.混沌的，一片混乱的，一团糟的

参考例句：

• Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
• The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。

2 boycott   

n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与

参考例句：

• We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
• The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。

3 incensed   

盛怒的

参考例句：

• The decision incensed the workforce. 这个决定激怒了劳工大众。
• They were incensed at the decision. 他们被这个决定激怒了。

4 biased   

a.有偏见的

参考例句：

• a school biased towards music and art 一所偏重音乐和艺术的学校
• The Methods: They employed were heavily biased in the gentry's favour. 他们采用的方法严重偏袒中上阶级。

5 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。