Since the 2001 announcement by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that Beijing, China, would be the site of the 2008 Summer Olympics, various groups have called for a boycott of the event, citing consistent human rights violations by China, and China's support for the Burmese government in their crackdown on protestors in Myanmar in the fall of 2007. Calls for a boycott grew in March 2008, when the Chinese military cracked down on anti-government protests in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet.

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• CNN: Clinton: Bush should skip Olympic opening ceremonies (April 7, 2008)
• The Associated Press: Calls Mount for Olympic Ceremony Boycott (March 18, 2008)
• FoxNews.com: Calls Mount in Europe for VIPs to Boycott Beijing Olympics' Opening... (March 18, 2008)
  • France's foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, has called the notion of a protest by world leaders "interesting." It will be considered in April among European Union member nations.
• ABC News (Australia): Athletes consider Beijing Olympics boycott: reports (March 17, 2008)
• The Press Association: IOC plea against Beijing boycott (March 16, 2008)
• ESPN (AP): USOC joins group of nations vocally against boycott of Beijing Olympics (March 17, 2008)
• The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia): Dalai Lama rejects Games boycott - ... (March 10, 2008)
• International Herald Tribune (AP): Myanmar opposition calls for boycott of Beijing... (February 25, 2008)
• Associated Press: Pelosi: Olympic boycott would be mistake (March 28, 2008)
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