Steven Spielberg Threatens To Quit His Beijing Olympic Position
July 28, 2007 on 9:07 pm | In Celebrity, Film, Hollywood, News, Pictures, Politics, VIP People | No Comments
Filmmaker Steven Spielberg has threatened to leave his position as artistic director of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, unless China takes action against Sudan. China is a major investor in the African country’s oil industry and has been criticized for failing to send United Nations peacekeeping troops to the troubled Darfur region. The Chinese have also been accused of selling weapons to Sudan. Spielberg wrote to Chinese president Hu Jintao in May urging him to use his influence to encourage Sudan to accept peace keepers. Now he is warning he will decide in the next month if he will withdraw his support of the games. I applaud him for the bold step that he has taken. If Steven is such an acclaimed Hollywood’s powerful people then he should certainly be using his powers to influence the Chinese govt. and tell them to accept peace keepers. Though this is a political matter but with the region being so susceptible to violence there is urgent need to save guard the people of that country.