{"id":17248,"date":"2008-02-12T17:00:07","date_gmt":"2008-02-13T00:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/02\/17248\/"},"modified":"2008-02-13T10:56:58","modified_gmt":"2008-02-13T17:56:58","slug":"17248","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/02\/17248\/","title":{"rendered":"Spielberg Ends Olympic Ties, Citing Darfur Crisis (Updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/07\/spielberg-mulls-quitting-olympics-to-pressure-chinese-on-darfur-o%c2%bac-russell-goldman\/\"> months of pressure <\/a>from human rights groups, Steven Spielberg has decided to withdraw from his role organizing the Olympics opening ceremony. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=20601079&#038;sid=aJTNcj3wAIjc&#038;refer=home\">From Bloomberg<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Director Steven Spielberg cut his ties with the Beijing Olympic games, saying China hasn&#8217;t done enough to help end ethnic conflict in Sudan&#8217;s Darfur region.<\/p>\n<p>Spielberg stepped down as an artistic adviser for the games&#8217; opening and closing ceremonies, he said in a statement. He had left his contract unsigned for a year because of concern over China&#8217;s failure to press for change in the African country, according to the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Spielberg, director of films including &#8220;Munich&#8221; and &#8220;Saving Private Ryan,&#8221; said he will use time that would have been spent on the Olympics to seek an end to the conflict. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/tag\/darfur\/\">more about China&#8217;s role in Darfur<\/a>, via CDT.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: See also some follow-up on this story: <a href=\"http:\/\/africa.reuters.com\/wire\/news\/usnN13333221.html\">Olympics-China says Darfur-Olympics link &#8220;unreasonable&#8221;<\/a> from Reuters; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.guardian.co.uk\/film\/2008\/02\/big_trouble_for_olympic_china.html\">Big trouble for Olympic China?<\/a> from The Guardian blog; and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/news\/world\/asia\/china\/article3362732.ece\">Analysis: China has no answer to Spielberg snub<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After months of pressure from human rights groups, Steven Spielberg has decided to withdraw from his role organizing the Olympics opening ceremony. From Bloomberg: Director Steven Spielberg cut his ties with the Beijing Olympic games, saying China hasn&#8217;t done enough to help end ethnic conflict in Sudan&#8217;s Darfur region. 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