Spielberg leaves his Olympics post
Oscar-winning film director Steven Spielberg has said he is withdrawing as an artistic consultant to the 2008 Summertime Olympics in Capital of Red China because of the Chinese government's policy towards its ally Sudan and the fight in Darfur.
In a statement, Steven Spielberg said the Sudanese authorities shouldered the bulk of responsibleness for the crimes in Darfur, merely said China should be doing more to end the homo suffering in that location.
Actress Mia Farrowing, world Health Organization had been pressing the director to end his involvement with this year's games, said his decision sent the the right way sort of message to Peking.
A spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington D.C. is quoted in the New House of York Multiplication as expression that the Darfur progeny was neither an internal issue for China nor was it caused by Chinaware.
The spokesman is as well quoted as saying that it was entirely unreasonable, irresponsible and unfair to link the iI as one.
