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HONG KONG DIRECTOR LAU CRITICIZES SPIELBERG'S OLYMPICS STANCE Monday, February 25 2008 Hong Kong director Andrew Lau Wai-keung, whose hit film Infernal Affairs was recreated as the U.S. blockbuster The Departed by Martin Scorsese, has criticized Steven Spielberg's decision to pull out of the Chinese Olympic Games as artistic adviser. At a news conference, Lau, who is making a short with British director Daryl Goodrich about China's preparations for the Olympics, said that he was "shocked and surprised" by Spielberg's withdrawal. "It's clear that the Olympics is (more) CHINA VS. SPIELBERG Wednesday, February 20 2008 
People's
Daily,
the
official
newspaper
of
the
Chinese
Communist
Party,
has
denounced
Steven
Spielberg's
decision
to
withdraw
as
artistic
consultant
to
the
Olympic
Games
over
China's
policies
regarding
Darfur
and
the
Sudan.
Using
far
harsher
language
than
that
expressed
by
Chinese
officials
last
week,
the
newspaper
said
in
an
editorial
that
Spielberg,
whom
it
referred
to
only
as
"a
certain
Western
director,"
had
been
"childish"
and
"naïve"
with
"an
over-the-top
act
that
defies
common
sense.
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Zhang Yimou, arguably China's leading film director, has called Steven Spielberg's decision to quit his post as an artistic adviser to the Beijing Olympics "very regrettable." Spielberg linked his decision to withdraw from the Olympics' production team to China's relationship with Sudan, whose war against dissident factions has reportedly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands. Spielberg's decision was also criticized by Olympic gold medalist (badminton) Ge Fei, now a member of the Chinese legislature. "The Olympics is simply a sporting event," he told the official Xinhua news agency. "Political issues shouldn't be involved in it." 
