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IKEA opens 2nd largest store
2006-04-12 03:00:50 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Chinese opera performers prepare to perform at the opening ceremony of the IKEA Siyuanqiao store in Beijing, April 12, 2006.

Thousands of shoppers thronged the opening of IKEA's biggest Asian store in Beijing on Wednesday as the Swedish furnishings maker launched a bid to expand its share of China's thriving home improvement market.

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