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March 2008
- Merkel Will Skip Olympics
  
  Guardian (UK) | Mar 29, 08 7:07 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other top German officials won't be going to the Beijing Olympics, the Guardian reports, joining Polish and Czech leaders who have pledged to stay away. But while Polish PM Donald Tusk and Czech President Vaclav Klaus said they'll be boycotting the opening ceremony to protest human rights abuses in Tibet, the Germans said their absence isn't political. More »
- Chinese Law Muddles Microsoft Bid for Yahoo
  
  New York Times | Mar 28, 08 12:24 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A new anti-monopoly law in China could interfere with Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo, the New York Times reports. Because Yahoo owns 40% of Alibaba, China’s biggest e-commerce business, Beijing could demand approval of the deal along with the US and the EU. “I don’t think anyone has worked through the issue of where an Internet merger should be reviewed,” said a law professor. More »
- Gates Orders Full Nuclear Inventory
  
  Washington Post | Mar 28, 08 6:32 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Secretary of State Robert Gates has ordered Pentagon officials to take a new inventory of all US nuclear weapons and related equipment, the Washington Post reports. The count, to be completed in 60 days, is in addition to a specific probe into how 4 missile fuses were shipped accidentally to Taiwan and not noticed for 18 months. More »
- West Must Boycott Olympic Venues 'Stained With Blood'
  
  New Republic | Mar 27, 08 6:33 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The West must take a stand against China's human-rights abuses by boycotting the Summer Olympics, French philosopher Bernard-Henry Levy insists in the New Republic . Otherwise, athletes will compete in “stadiums stained with blood.” China was supposed to cease its worst behavior, but it’s done the opposite: A pre-Games cleanup has meant expelling the urban poor, demolishing working-class neighborhoods, and jailing even more dissidents. More »
- Monks Spoil China's PR Tour
  
  Financial Times (UK) | Mar 27, 08 11:37 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Tibetan monks burst into a carefully choreographed Chinese media event yesterday, breaking the image of restored calm China had hoped to project. China had allowed a small group of foreign reporters into the region, but even as one monk at Lhasa’s Jokhang Temple was expounding on the return to normalcy, 30 younger monks burst in, shouting “We want a free Tibet!” More »
- Bush Urges China-Tibet Dialogue
  
  BBC | Mar 26, 08 10:15 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - President Bush called Chinese President Hu Jintao today and urged Beijing to begin talks with the Dalai Lama, the BBC reports. Bush also pressed for greater access to Tibet for journalists and diplomats, the White House said. China today allowed a small group of foreign reporters into Lhasa for the first time since protests began, but Tibetan monks disrupted their tour of a temple with chants of "Tibet is not free," the AP notes. More »
- China Furious Over US/Taiwan Nuke Mixup
  
  Washington Post | Mar 26, 08 12:34 PM CDT

Stories

Merkel Will Skip Olympics

Chinese Law Muddles Microsoft Bid for Yahoo

Gates Orders Full Nuclear Inventory

West Must Boycott Olympic Venues 'Stained With Blood'

Monks Spoil China's PR Tour

Bush Urges China-Tibet Dialogue

China Furious Over US/Taiwan Nuke Mixup