steven spielburg's resignation from china olympics

soso · 02-17-2008, 03:24 PM

"Critics of the Communist regime received a massive boost when Hollywood director Steven Spielberg's resigned as artistic adviser to the Games over China's refusal to use its authority to end the bloody Darfur crisis."

will someone please explain the significance of this to me? Was spielberg right to resign? can the olympics still go on? is it a big deal?

i really don't understand it. thank-you

AQu01rius · 02-18-2008, 12:06 AM

The Chinese Government treat the 2008 Summer Olympics very seriously; it has been the top national priority since 2001. An successful hosting of the event would boost the status of China in the international stage according to the Chinese point of view (for the Chinese Government, its significance would be equivalent to launching a aircraft carrier and sail it across the world). The resignation of Steven Spielberg is like a slap to the face for the Chinese Government because of Spielberg's influence in the international stage.

Was Spielberg right to resign? Depends on how you look at it. From the technical point of view, Spielberg probably had a contract for this such huge event, and by quitting without giving a clear notice beforehand, he probably violated the terms of his contract and thus it's fairly unaccpetable. It is also unacceptable to connect sports to politics, which is not a good example of athleticism.

The Olympics will go on just fine. This particular move would probably only stay in the news for a short while, and then it will just disappear. It will only be a big deal if the US Government decides to sanction the Beijing Olympics in support of Spielberg and other celebrities, which is highly unlikely.

AQu01rius · 02-18-2008, 05:20 PM

hey soso, I spent like 5 minutes writing that, you gotta reply with something =( lol ~~ =P

soso · 03-21-2008, 10:08 PM

AQu01rius thank-you! and so sorry i didn't reply, after i posted it i googled it and understood it therefore i didn't check bak on this post! sorry and thanks~!

i'm hearing about china's battle again tibet's protest daily & i hate to think how ppl r planning to boycott china's olympics. i also hate to think of how ppl will use china's problems to reflect on me as a chinese person =[

*pinkpeachz · 03-21-2008, 10:25 PM

oooh i know wut u mean soso, i'd hate for ppl to look @ china's current problems and apply to all of china and all chinese ppls.

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