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China: In China, the torch was first welcomed by Politburo Standing Committee member Zhou Yongkang and State Councilor Liu Yandong. It was subsequently passed onto CPC General Secretary Hu Jintao. A call to boycott French hypermart Carrefour from May 1 began spreading through mobile text messaging and online chat rooms amongst the Chinese over the weekend from April 12, accusing the company's major shareholder, the LVMH Group, of donating funds to the Dalai Lama. There were also calls to extend the boycott to include French luxury goods and cosmetic products. According to the Washington Times on April 15, however, the Chinese government was attempting to "calm the situation" through censorship: "All comments posted on popular Internet forum Sohu.com relating to a boycott of Carrefour have been deleted." Chinese protesters organized boycotts of the French-owned retail chain Carrefour in major Chinese cities including Kunming, Hefei and Wuhan, accusing the French nation of pro-secessionist conspiracy and anti-Chinese racism. Some burned French flags, some added Nazism's Swastika to the French flag, and spread short online messages calling for large protests in front of French consulates and embassy. The Carrefour boycott was met with anti-boycott demonstrators who insisted on entering one of the Carrefour stores in Kunming, only to be blocked by boycotters wielding large Chinese flags and hit by water bottles. The BBC reported that hundreds of people demonstrated in Beijing, Wuhan, Hefei, Kunming and Qingdao.

Question: What was censored on Sohu.com?
Answer: comments posted on popular Internet forum Sohu.com relating to a boycott of Carrefour

Question: What was done to the French flag in the protests?
Answer: Some burned French flags, some added Nazism's Swastika

Question: In an attempt to block protestors from shopping, what did some of the opposite protestors use?
Answer: Chinese flags

Question: What did the anti-boycott demonstrators throw?
Answer: water bottles

Question: What were the counter protestors objective in Kunming?
Answer: entering one of the Carrefour stores

Question: Why did an American newsgroup accuse the Chinese government of censorship
Answer: All comments posted on popular Internet forum Sohu.com relating to a boycott of Carrefour have been deleted

Question: what were the short online messages calling for?
Answer: large protests

Question: which comments were deleted on sohu.com?
Answer: relating to a boycott

Question: LVMH's national origin is?
Answer: French

Question: How was a flag changed?
Answer: some added Nazism's Swastika to the French flag

Question: who owns the retail chain Carrefour?
Answer: the French

Question: Which communication outlet was the first to spread the French owned companies boycott request?
Answer: mobile text messaging

Question: who was hit by water bottles?
Answer: anti-boycott demonstrators

Question: What location did anti-boycott members block boycotters?
Answer: Carrefour stores

Question: who burned french flags?
Answer: Chinese protesters

Question: Why was there a boycott of Carrefour?
Answer: donating funds to the Dalai Lama

Question: Where were anti-boycott protesters?
Answer: Kunming

Question: What country was represented by people throwing water bottles?
Answer: China

Question: What did the Chinese government decide to do?
Answer: "calm the situation" through censorship

Question: How do the Chinese citizens fight back against corruption in companies doing business on their soil?
Answer: boycott

Question: In addition to boycotting Carefour, what did the Chinese want people to do
Answer: extend the boycott to include French luxury goods and cosmetic products