House resolution calls for Olympic opening boycott
WASHINGTON (AP) - April 9, 2008 Massachusetts Democratic Congressman Michael Capuano was seeking
support for a resolution stating this policy in talks Wednesday
with House colleagues.
The resolution comes amid protests this week over China's human
rights record as the Olympic torch traveled from London to Paris to
San Francisco.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on
Monday urged a Bush boycott, citing concerns about Darfur and
recent unrest in Tibet.
Meanwhile, Bush on Wednesday again exhorted Beijing to reach out
to the Dalai Lama to find a solution.
"It would stand the Chinese government in good stead if they
would begin a dialogue with the representatives for the Dalia
Lama," he said during a picture-taking moment while holding talks
with Singapore's senior minister, Goh Chok Tong.
Violent clashes in Tibet are threatening to overshadow China's
hosting role of the Summer Olympics in August.
Bush said that if China's leaders ever were to reach out to
Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, "they'd find him to be a really
fine man, a peaceful man."
Bush has previously appealed directly to Chinese President Hu
Jintao on the matter.
