Spielberg Insists China Put Pressure Sudan
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Steven Spielberg used his position as an artistic advisor for the 2008 Beijing Olympics to urge Chinese President Hu Jintao into pressure Sudan to accept UN peacekeepers. He also urged the Sudanese government to accept the peacekeepers. The UN peacekee...
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The U.S. House of Representatives  urged China on Tuesday to use its influence and economic  leverage to stop what President George W. Bush has called the  genocide in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region.
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CAIRO -- China's special envoy on Darfur said yester day that his country will seriously consider whether to send troops on a peacekeeping mission in the war-torn Sudanese region and insisted Beijing is doing its best to help solve the conflict.
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Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations Wang Guangya reiterated on Saturday China&#39;s firm opposition to imposing UN sanctions against Sudan over the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.
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US film maker Steven Spielberg Tuesday abandoned his role in the Beijing Olympics, as a host of prominent figures accused China of not doing enough to press its ally Sudan to end devastating violence in Darfur.
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BRITAIN&#39;S Foreign Secretary Jack Straw flew to Sudan today, stepping up international pressure on the government there to tackle the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Darfur.
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China urged activists linking its stance over Sudan to the Beijing Olympics to play fair and rebel groups in Darfur praised the decision by film director Steven Spielberg to quit as an artistic adviser to the Games.
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China's special envoy on Darfur defended his country's efforts to stop violence in the Sudanese region and suggested Thursday that Western countries who condemn China's oil interests in Sudan are guilty of hypocrisy.
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China defended its policies in Darfur on Thursday and rejected attempts to link the humanitarian crisis to the Beijing Olympics, a day after Steven Spielberg said his conscience would not allow him to continue working as an adviser to the event.
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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.
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China's Darfur envoy said on Tuesday Beijing had played a "unique role" in efforts to bring peace to the Sudanese region and defended its policy of economic ties with Sudan without political strings.
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The United States said on Monday that a visit by China's president to Sudan, when he offered a loan to build a presidential palace, sent "mixed signals" about Beijing's intent to press Khartoum over Darfur.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair held talks with Sudanese leadership, pressuring him to end what he described as the &quot;terrible&quot; situation in the war-torn region of Darfur.
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Hollywood director Steven Spielberg's decision to quit the Beijing Olympics over the Darfur crisis is drawing condemnation by China's state-controlled media
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China's special envoy on Darfur said Thursday his country will seriously consider sending troops for a peacekeeping mission in the war-torn Sudanese region and insisted Beijing is doing its best to help solve the conflict.
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A Chinese special envoy described the true cause of conflict in Darfur as internal competition over resources, saying Thursday that activists should not try to shame Beijing into dropping its support for a Sudanese government accused of carrying out genocide.
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After trying unsuccessfully to prod China to do more to try to end Sudanâs attacks in the Darfur region, Steven Spielberg said he was withdrawing as an artistic adviser to the 2008 Summer Olympics.