Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Spielberg's Letter to Hu Jintao

From NPR's "All Things Considered":

The Chinese are looking to the Beijing Olympics in 2008 to raise their image in the world, and they've invited Steven Spielberg to consult on the opening and closing ceremonies. Now Darfur advocates, including Mia Farrow, have criticized Spielberg for working with the Chinese. After Farrow criticized him in an op-ed piece in the NY Times, Spielberg wrote a letter to Chinese President Hu Jintao, outlining his concerns about Beijing's role in Sudan. He called for China to advocate for United Nations action to stop the crisis in Darfur.

So far, there is no word of a reply.

Read the full text of his letter here.