Chinese Tourist Visas To France Down Two-thirds

From Reuters:

Chinese tourist visas to France have plummeted in Beijing, a French diplomat said in comments published on Tuesday, amid anger over anti-China protests during the Paris leg of the Olympic torch relay.

Relations between France and China have soured in the run up to the Beijing Games after thousands of pro-Tibet protesters disrupted the torch Paris relay in April, trying to snatch the flame from a wheelchair-bound Chinese athlete.

Chinese nationalists subsequently called for a boycott of French goods and picketed outlets of French supermarket chain Carrefour in a number of Chinese cities.

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