Bush in Thailand Ahead of Olympics

Mr. Bush and Mr. Samak are scheduled to have a working dinner in Bangkok Wednesday, the second leg of the president's three-nation Asian tour.

While in Thailand, President Bush's wife, Laura, will travel to the Burmese border to visit a refugee camp and clinic.

President Bush is scheduled to give a speech in Thailand Thursday addressing U.S. relations with Asia.

Excerpts of the speech released by the White House Wednesday say Mr. Bush will criticize China's human rights record and Burma's military leaders.

The speech says the United States "stands in firm opposition" to China's detention of political, human rights, and religious activists.

President Bush said on Wednesday that North Korea had not yet done enough to merit removal from an American list of governments that sponsor terrorism, raising the prospect of new delays in the dismantling of North Korea’s nuclear program.

Making his first stop on a visit to Asia focused on the Olympic Games opening in Beijing on Friday, Mr. Bush also chided China for restricting religious freedoms. At the same time, though, he insisted that his attendance was a gesture of respect for the Chinese people and should not be used as an occasion to criticize the country’s authoritarian policies.