China Blasts Spielberg for Withdrawing From Olympics

 
Chinese Communists take aim at Hollywood filmmaker for bowing to international pressure over Darfur crisis in leaving Olympic post, accuses West of harboring Darfur rebels. [link]

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BEIJING (AP) - Hollywood director Steven Spielberg's decision to quit the Beijing Olympics over the Darfur crisis is drawing condemnation by China's state-controlled media and a groundswell of criticism from the Chinese public. Read more!
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China state newspaper lambastes Spielberg on Darfur (Reuters)
Reuters - A top Chinese state newspaper has lambasted Hollywood director Steven Spielberg for quitting the Beijing Olympic Games over Darfur, saying "childish" vanity politics lies behind Western criticism of Beijing policy.
China hits back at Spielberg
China goes on the offensive against its critics on Darfur, dubbing Steven Spielberg's Olympics resignation "naive".
China media, public angered by Spielberg (AP)
AP - Hollywood director Steven Spielberg's decision to quit the Beijing Olympics over the Darfur crisis is drawing condemnation by China's state-controlled media and a groundswell of criticism from the Chinese public.
China media, public angered by Spielberg (AP)
AP - Hollywood director Steven Spielberg's decision to quit the Beijing Olympics over the Darfur crisis is drawing condemnation by China's state-controlled media and a groundswell of criticism from the Chinese public.
China media, public angered by Spielberg
AP - Hollywood director Steven Spielberg's decision to quit the Beijing Olympics over the Darfur crisis is drawing condemnation by China's state-controlled media and a groundswell of criticism from the Chinese public.