Minor protests against BBC, CNN and Carrefour

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by edwardoneill via FlickrPro-China demonstrations against the BBC, CNN and Carrefour have been taking place over the weekend and are announced for May, according to this summery by the China Digital Times. It quotes the Washington Times:

At the French Embassy, a short line of cars carrying banners that read “Tibet Belongs to China” in Chinese, English and Japanese circled the perimeter, with at least one car blaring the Chinese national anthem, according to witness reports. Police, some in riot gear, quickly cordoned off the area, and the protesters left after about 30 minutes. Streets around the embassy remained blocked into the evening.

It all sounds pretty smallish, for example compared with the riots at the Japanese diplomatic missions in China. That might come as a relief to France, Carrefour and possibly also the central government, who has been eager this new box of Pandorra on time before the protest got really big.

Update: Although, looting Carrefour would be a protest that is too attractive to resist. More also at the Financial Times.