China Responds to Spielberg's Withdrawal

Mr Spielberg is a American. US government is killing millions of Iraqis now. why is Mr Spielberg pay the tax to US government to support the slaughter every year?

we can gain a conclusion that Mr Spielberg is a hypocritical,false,unmoral men.

The Olympic Games is a non-political event. Spielberg is not a politician. Why did a political body - the Chinese government - issue a statement about a non-political event ? Is the Chinese government trying to politicize the Olympic Games ?

"we can gain a conclusion that Mr Spielberg is a hypocritical,false,unmoral men."

Yes, that is the only reason why he was so appreciated by the Beijing Game people to appoint him as an adviser !!!

Beijing Organizing Committee is Chinese government？
Suddenly discovered myself so lack of knowledge… so could someone kindly explain this to me?

thanks a lot!

Hey, guys, I have a suggestion, let’s just forget about what kind of person Mr. S really is for a moment, for that, 1. it is really insignificant, 2. it is somehow not the topic here (I think, People.com will love it more)

The Chinese government makes all the decisions, it's as simple as that.

Don't worry too much about your lack of knowledge, no one else cares how much you know or don't know.

China should ignore Spielberg as the irrelevant figure that he is. There are 6 billion people on this planet, and China should just get used to the idea that a few billion of them don't approve of Chinese policies. We can't be friends with everyone, and Mr. Spielberg has just himself in that category.

China should no more change its approach on Sudan because of this than the United States would change its approach on Iraq because Feng Xiaogang expressed his political opposition.

No one seems to have paid attention to the part of Spielberg's press statement where he claimed he still hopes to visit Beijing as a private individual. I say... stay out, you're not welcome.

Some people just don't read. What does "Foreign Ministry" means ? The Salvation Army ?

CCT, did you notice that in your comment you link (Spielberg's stand on) the Olympics and Sudan?

Therefore I conclude that you are not a friend of China -- because China officially states that "Linking the Darfur issue to the Olympic Games will not help to resolve this issue and is not in line with the Olympic Spirit that separates sports from politics."

To me it seems that you're saying:
1) Whatever anyone says, China should not change its approach on Sudan?
2) Whoever utters criticism to Chinese policies automatically becomes an irrelevant figure.
3) Either you're with us, or against us. Either you shut up and/or collaborate or "you're not welcome"

Such a binary vision won't get China very far, and I can only hope that China's leadership won't need to listen to narrow-minded people like you for advice.

Keep in mind that reporting in Chinese language on either Spielberg's decision or the crisis in Darfur is more than spotty -- it is seriously censored. This means that here in China, people are kept in the dark about the existence of dissenting voices.

(It seems the leadership *is* listening to people like CCT for advice.)

Fact is that many of my friends certainly don't understand why Spielberg would want to visit China as a private individual to see the Olympics. Why would someone want to visit a place without freedom of speech and other human rights?

I think that Spielberg did the right thing withdrawing from his role as Olympic advisor. In the history books, he may be portrayed as occasionally naive, hypocritical, amoral person, but at least he'll be given credit as someone who learned from his mistakes.

Also keep in mind that the Bush government and China's leadership are getting along very well with each other.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080215/ts_afp/oly2008chinasudanusbush;_ylt=Av_mY1e67wcunKprvTPmwOsBxg8F

Too well, if you ask me. It's convenient for people in power to overlook critical voices who "opine about" things.

Well, shanghaishanghai, I simply asked for some help, didn’t ask to be cared, haha… you might just have cared a little bit more, thanks for that anyway…
As to John, I did discover I made the “unfinished reading” mistake(by the way, it’s not ‘not read’) for I posted that comment right after I finished reading the quotation part. So I read again. And I found something like this :
Spielberg is a foreigner and did something in china
Foreign Ministry handles everything foreign
Foreign Ministry did comments on something a foreigner did.
Quite logical to me….

John Smith:chinese and american have different history and culture and so on .what Chinese government state only express a attitude for the thing. US government is massacring Iraqis for the oil now.please care of them!
chinese government dispatched the first army to maintain the peace of Sudan according to the warrant of UN.it has been doing more important contribution for security ,stability, peace of sudan.

The Americans are killing Iraqis, with a lot of help from the local thugs using suicide bombers and road side bombs. China is helping the Sudan government to commit genocide by financing them through oil purchase, and supply them with efficient tools through weapons sales. I think China is a much better country in getting the job done, just use the body count. Chinese are smart, aren't they.

Oh, by the way, Bush said he is not going to politicize the Olympic Games and will attend the Games. Since Bush is the ultimate evil, whatever he say and do must be evil. Anyone who does what Bush says must be considered evil too. And all Chinese must reject what Bush does, as this is definitely designed to hurt China. All Chinese must be aware of such sinister act from Bush, and call for action to stop Bush and his followers to carry out this threat.

Microbe: You still didn't answer any of my questions: Is the Chinese government politicize the games, and whether Chinese people consider their Foreign Ministry as a non-government organization like the Salvation Army ?

Wu Di,

My comments are not difficult to understand, so stop insulting our intelligence by pretending otherwise.

Spielberg's irrelevant because he's a movie director. He has proven to be remarkably skillful in making movies, but has little credibility on international affairs. His opinion is as irrelevant as that of Feng Xiaogang, or the guy who cuts my hair. If he spent a few semesters at the Kennedy School of Government, or spent a decade working as an UN ambassador, I'd be far more inclined to find his comments interesting and relevant.

And that ties to the next comment you made. Sudan is a problem that should be solved through international cooperation, and of course China must consult other voices in deciding how to best proceed. Ambassadors from the African Union and Europe, international charities, and Sudan's elected government + rebel leadership.

Hollywood celebrities? I wouldn't trust their opinions on Sudan any more than I'd trust their medical or religious advice.

There are many problems with these "official" responses, which needn't be taken seriously, to Spielberg's withdrawal, only one of which is the 30+ hour time delay. I will highlight only that the responses are deceitful and misleading.

First, the Chinese government has not "made unremitting efforts to resolve the Darfur issue," because based on its own history, it is not in its nature to do so. The Chinese Communist Party has been brutally persecuting and murdering its own citizens in order to maintain its fake, fragile legitimacy since its inception in 1949. Why would anyone expect a regime that, for example, harvests organs from unwilling Chinese citizens on a massive scale--particularly, Falun Gong practitioners and other prisoners of conscience--to be a responsible member of the international community on human rights issues?

Second, the claim that linking the Darfur crisis with the Beijing Olympics is politicizing the Games only serves to further expose the hypocrisy of the regime. The regime has already politicized the Games by launching an open campaign to heavily censor journalist for the Olympics and by publishing a list of individuals, groups, and faiths banned from attending the Olympics.

As Erping Zhang said, "The Olympic Games symbolizes humanity and is against discrimination of any individual. The Olympics demands fair and just treatment of any society member and anyone has the right to participate in the Olympics." Preserving the basic dignity of human beings is not a political issue.

Who is Spielberg?

John Smith:your untrue viewpoint for thing is caused by your different cultural background.
when US army invaded Iraq,Iraqis haven't the tanks,artillery,guided-missile,what the other method can they use striking the aggressor excluding suicide bombers and road side bombs?

microbe: I understand your support of genocide in Sudan by China by selling the Sudan overlord weapons and financial support through oil purchase. China even sent troops to defend the violent and criminal regime. And that is peace keeping Chinese style. Of course, your support is only based on you being Chinese, and nothing more.

I think the world should just follow the Chinese example of the Moscow Olympic Games of not politicize the games. That should honor China a lot.

John Smith:You still didn't answer my questions about Iraq.
I only saw the genocide in Iraq.
if you want to prove your viewpoint, you would provide with the photos or video.

It seems some hot-debate existed in the blog.Yes,Mr.S has withdrawn his role, but that is his right we should respect. I'll say:"Let be!".There still are many things that haven't been resolved in our planet.In a word, what the Occident did are right,but all are wrong for the Oriental.That is the western's thinking way.

"if you want to prove your viewpoint, you would provide with the photos or video."

Ok, watch these videos...

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=John+Pilger&search_type=

Microbe: Your question has nothing to do with my view point, and therefore irrelevant to the subject matter.

My view point was: The Americans killed Iraqis in Iraq. The Chinese help with Genocide in Sudan. I am quite sure the Africans in Sudan is quite capable of fighting the Chinese weapon armed Arabians in Sudan, unlike the unarmed Iraqis against the tanks and warplanes of the Americans.

Oh, by the way, the Iraqis did have tanks and planes and all the weapons when the war first started. These were good quality stuff from Russia, China, and North Korea. Remember the Scud missiles, and Silkworms ? Good stuff. First class quality too, and from some very reliable manufacturers. The Migs and Su's Iraqis were using were just as good as the stuff PLA's are flying today, and probably better then the J10 still being made today. So, it was not tanks against suicide bombers.

It is now roadside bombers and suicide bombers, not against tanks, but against markets full of people, buying and selling. I am quite sure that these bombers causing all the casualties in Iraq now are Americans.

While the Chinese does have some history of making past events political such as boycotting when the IOC validated Taiwan, the history of the event is a non-political event..Check out more at http://morgangarnett.blogspot.com/