Chapter 843: Farewell, Spielberg

Darfur.

Located in the western part of South Sudan, it covers an area of about 250,000 square kilometers and has an estimated population of 6 million, bordering the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Chad, the Central African Republic and the Republic of South Sudan.

It consists of three states, namely Northern, Western and Southern Darfur, which are inhabited by more than 80 tribes, including Arabs, Fur and blacks, with the majority of Muslim Arabs living in the north and the indigenous black Christians living in the south.

In the sixties and seventies of the twentieth century, with the expansion of the population and overgrazing, the desertification phenomenon here continued to intensify, and the Arab herders, who were accustomed to living by water, were forced to move south, and clashed with local black tribes over water and grass resources.

As a result of the long-standing inter-tribal armed conflict in Darfur, many parts of the region have been in a state of anarchy and chaos.

Historically, because Sudan's borders were artificially demarcated during the partition and colonization of Africa by European powers in the nineteenth century, many tribes in Darfur were divided into different countries, so the tribes in the region were inextricably linked to the surrounding neighbors.

In recent years, as the oil and other mineral resources in Darfur have been continuously exploited, the struggle between tribes for resources has become increasingly fierce, and some neighboring countries have also been involved in various forms.

In February 2003, the black population of Darfur formed two rebel forces, the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), to demand autonomy on the grounds that the Government had failed to protect the rights and interests of black indigenous peoples.

So the Sudanese government began a war with the rebels, and both sides of the war caused a large number of casualties.

At the same time, after 2004, Western countries led by the United States changed their previous attitude of ignoring and ignoring the situation, intervened in the Darfur issue in a high-profile manner, and actively promoted the United Nations policy of going out to Taiwan, defining the Sudanese government's war against the rebels as a genocide.

He also demanded that China, which cooperates with the Sudanese government in developing resources, recognize and promote the recognition of genocide, and jointly sanction the Sudanese government.

As we all know, in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, China's diplomatic strategy was to unite the countries of the third world, and the African brothers were the main helpers in China's ability to restore its seat in the United Nations. In Africa, especially in Sudan, the Chinese Government has maintained good cooperative relations with the Sudanese Government.

Sudan is an extremely poor country, and in this case, sanctions will only worsen the humanitarian situation in Sudan, and once the crime of genocide is confirmed, the head of the Sudanese government will inevitably be sent to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the Sudanese government will be finished, and China will lose its trust in its African brothers.

The United States used the strategy of genocide to successfully push China into a dilemma.

In the face of the US-led Western countries, the Chinese government has upheld justice without hesitation, stood on the side of the Sudanese government, and did not recognize that this was a genocide but a development issue, nor did it recognize that sanctions against Sudan would play a positive role in resolving the Darfur issue, so it resolutely voted against it at the UN General Assembly.

The U.S. policy was stillborn, and as a result, an off-the-counter move emerged and began to mobilize public opinion to concoct China's inhumanity on the Darfur issue and that China had failed to fulfill its responsibilities for the Darfur issue.

What is even more ugly is that while the US Government has said to the outside world that it does not support linking the Darfur issue with the Olympic Games, the members of the House of Representatives are clamoring for the Olympic Games to be made, and they have mobilized influential people such as Hollywood and the NBA to boycott the 2008 Yenching Olympic Games.

Even in the media, in the name of Olympic Committee President Rogge, he launched a boycott declaration, although he apologized because Rogge came forward to clarify that he did not say so. But the goal of public opinion has been achieved, and countless people from the sports, entertainment, and cultural circles around the world who do not know the truth have begun to boycott.

When the Olympic torch was diverted due to safety concerns, the BBC host burst out laughing several times during the live broadcast, unabashedly gloating, saying that "the disruption of the torch relay embarrassed the IOC, embarrassed the Chinese government, embarrassed the city of San Francisco".

Cafferty, a news commentator for CNN International, even attacked the Olympic torch relay while slandering Chinese in vicious language on the "Situation Discussion Room" program, saying that "in the past 50 years, Chinese have basically been a gang of mobs and bandits."

In the talk show "The Truth About Aureli," Fox TV news channel hosts O'Reilly and Miller couldn't wait to support the Tibetan independence forces and teach the audience how to "disgrace the Chinese."

Some Western politicians have even shown their limitlessness without restraint, not only talking about Darfur, but also about the Seo-Tibet issue.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, after taking office, changed former German Chancellor Schroeder's friendly policy toward China, and frequently put pressure on China.

Merkel also said that although meeting with the Dalai Lama last September affected Germany's relations with China, she was willing to meet with the Dalai Lama again.

Nancy Pelosi, president of the US House of Representatives, who is known as "not a woman," is enthusiastic about "independence from the West," inciting "resistance," and calling on US President George W. Bush to refuse to attend the opening ceremony of the Yenching Olympics.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, during his visit to the United Kingdom, publicly stated that "everything is possible" regarding the boycott of the Yenching Olympics.

The Democratic presidential candidate of the United States, that is, Hillary Clinton, who was cuckolded by her husband, openly called on the current President George W. Bush to boycott the opening ceremony of the Yenching Olympics, but it was her husband, former US President Clinton who made it clear that he opposed the boycott of the Yenching Olympics.

Czech President Klaus also said that because the Chinese Government has quelled the violent incidents of beating, smashing, looting, and burning in the West Tibet Autonomous Region, it will boycott the opening ceremony of the 29 th Olympic Games to be held in Yanjing and will not participate in the opening of the Yenjing Olympic Games.

Former US congressman Lantos, who is known for his anti-China efforts, not only voted against the United States granting China the status of a normal trading country, but also strongly opposed Yanjing's hosting of the 2008 Olympic Games, falsely claiming that "China is not qualified to enjoy this honor."

Paris Vice Mayor Bao Ping also made a fallacious argument that the I.O.C. should warn that the Yenching Olympics would be moved to Athens unless China pledged to improve its human rights record.

The Polish president announced that he would not attend the opening ceremony of the Yenching Olympics and instead met with Dalai Lama, and told the media that he was the first person to boycott the Yenching Olympics and was proud of it.

Because of the Darfur issue, an unprecedented political crisis has been triggered at the Yenching Olympics, and Western countries have not hesitated to boycott the Yenching Olympics under various pretexts such as Tibet, human rights, and so on.

It was in this context that the Chinese government began to strive for more support.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, IOC President Rogge, US President George W. Bush, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, former Olympic Committee President Samaranch, African Union Rotating President British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Russian Parliament Speaker, German Foreign Minister, Danish Foreign Minister, Serbian Foreign Minister and other international dignitaries have clearly expressed their support for the Yenching Olympics.

After ensuring that they were not politically isolated, the state began to mobilize civil forces, and influential stars in the international arena all supported the government to refute the biased reports of the West, and overseas Chinese around the world also took to the streets to support the Yenching Olympics and protest against the distortion of facts by foreign media on issues such as Darfur and Tibet.

In such a noisy environment, Spielberg's resignation statement exploded into an astonishing influence, putting China to death, and in the eyes of many people, Spielberg himself was just a Hollywood director.

However, on the contrary, Spielberg's influence is beyond imagination, he can be said to be the spiritual leader of Hollywood, the director with the highest box office in Hollywood, one of the Big Three of DreamWorks, and his films have influenced people all over the world.

In the United States, there is hardly anyone who does not know Spielberg, deservedly the most famous celebrity.

Among the Jews, Spielberg was also one of the deserving leaders.

Because of his statement, it can almost be said that Hollywood has explicitly boycotted the Yenching Olympics, and the Jewish world will join the boycott.

Now, among the Chinese in the entertainment industry, who can resist Spielberg's influence?

Song Zheng is naturally not counted, although he has two actor crowns in Cannes and Berlin, and although his movies are also sought after in Europe and the United States, he is obviously not enough compared to Spielberg.

But even so, Song Zheng is still willing to stand up, as a Chinese, he must also stand up, art has no borders, but artists do, and in this world, there is no boundary clearer than nationality.

After sorting out his thoughts, Song Zhengdang drafted a speech on Fan Bingbing's computer, and then informed Wang Jinghua and asked her to contact Lionsgate immediately, and he would hold a press conference tomorrow.

Song Zheng also revealed the specific content to Wang Jinghua, originally he thought that Wang Jinghua would definitely stop him, after all, as soon as this statement was issued, he was afraid that he would immediately become the target of Hollywood, and the cooperative relationship with Lionsgate was also very likely to be affected, but Wang Jinghua didn't say anything, just replied "I know".

The next day, at the press conference venue, with the previous "True Lies", plus the two actor laurels in Berlin and Cannes, Song Zheng still has a good influence in the United States, and there are as many as 100 media reporters who came to the scene.

didn't give the reporter a chance to ask questions, after Song Zheng came to the stage, he took out a speech directly from his jacket pocket, and then read it to himself: "Farewell, Spielberg." ”

The reporters present couldn't help but be stunned when they heard Song Zheng suddenly come to such a sentence, what is the situation?

Farewell, Spielberg.

Is this a eulogy for Spielberg?

Song Zheng ignored the doubts of the reporters at the scene, and continued to read:

Just the day before yesterday, the American director Spielberg resigned from his job as an art consultant for the Yenching Olympics because of the Darfur issue, and Mr. Spielberg believes that China has not fulfilled its responsibilities to Darfur.

It is reported that Spielberg's support for the Iraq war, is it necessary for China to learn from the way the United States treats Iraq, to sever diplomatic relations with Sudan politically and economically, to go out to fight in large armies, and to drink from Darfur?

On the issue of Darfur, the Chinese Government has provided timely international humanitarian assistance, providing a loan of $80 million to build a water plant, fundamentally solving one of the root causes of the war, water shortage, and at the same time raising a large number of materials to aid refugees, and China is also the first country to send peacekeeping troops into Darfur.

Mr. Spielberg, should we first go to Darfur and listen to what the mainstream of the international community and the refugees in Darfur have to say about the Chinese government, and then make a decision?

In modern times, under the instructions of President Zhou, we have adhered to the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and not to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, and the Chinese have also done what they say, we have never invaded others and insisted on peace, because we have experienced the pain of war, so we understand the value of peace better and know that war is not a necessary means to solve problems.

Thanks to Mr. Spielberg, who helped with the opening ceremony of the Yenching Olympics, I grew up watching Hollywood movies when I was a child, and Spielberg has always been my idol after I really got into this field and started working in my current job.

When I saw "Schindler's List", I was so shocked in my heart that I felt the plight of the Jews, because in World War II, China was also ravaged by the iron heel of Japanese militarism, 17.8 million soldiers fell under the guns of Japan, 17.4 million ordinary people were innocently killed by the Japanese, and for eight years of resistance against Japan, they were also helped by people from all walks of life in the world.

The bloody pain has taught the Chinese a truth, the value of peace.

I think Mr. Spielberg recognized this principle, and I knew it when he made Schindler's List, but I think Mr. Spielberg was also forgetful, he remembered Schindler's aid to the Jews, but forgot the aid of the Chinese to the Jews.

From 1938 to 1940, Mr. He Fengshan, the Chinese Consul General in U.S. Yena, granted "life visas" to 18,000 Jews who were about to go to the slaughterhouse, which has been proved to be more commendable than the German businessman Schindler's righteous act of saving 110 Jews during World War II.

As the director of Schindler's List, did Mr. Spielberg know that 60 years ago, there was a Chinese diplomat who protected the Jews who were destined to be in danger at that time, and did you know how many Jews settled in the magic capital at that time and were protected by the Chinese government?

Today, China is also assisting refugees in Darfur in the spirit of international humanitarianism, so why did Mr. Spielberg listen to and believe partially, and make a surprising act of "righteous indignation", and if Mr. Spielberg had listened to the words of Mr. Spielberg during World War II, and thought that the Chinese diplomat Mr. He Fengshan was trafficking in the Jewish population?

Does Mr. Spielberg know that your actions have deeply hurt the peace-loving Chinese?

Regarding your resignation, the Yenjing Olympic Organizing Committee issued a statement, but also only expressed "regret", this is how generous, generous and even a little contemptuous, we Chinese attitude is very clear, no matter what kind of rumors and threats, China is still China, Yanjing is still Yanjing, Olympics is still Olympics.

This will be the most successful Olympic Games in history, there is no one, this is the guarantee of the Chinese, this will also be an unprecedented Olympic Games, history will prove what I said today.

Farewell, Spielberg.

You are no longer an old friend of the Chinese, and you are no longer my idol, and you have made it clear to us how ugly some people are under the sanctimonious appearance.

Spielberg is gone, the Olympics are coming, it's good, it's good, both of these things are worth celebrating!

Song Zheng finished reading, if he followed his previous habits, he would definitely get up and leave immediately, and would not give any reporter a chance to ask questions at all, but today he didn't, and even after reading the manuscript, he smiled and made a gesture to the reporter to please.

A female reporter immediately raised her hand and stood up and asked, "Director Song, are you accusing Mr. Spielberg with your remarks? Do you think it was wrong for him to resign as a protest and urge the Chinese government to fulfill its responsibilities as a great power when the people of Darfur were subjected to genocide!?"

After Song Zheng waited for the female reporter to sit down, he replied in a good time: " We have a saying in China called talking about things, I don't want to blame anyone, because anyone has the right to express his own views, but I also have the right to comment, as for whether his behavior is wrong, time will tell, in addition, I am not a politician, I do not want to evaluate the government, but at this moment, I am deeply proud that I am a Chinese, because my country has always dutifully fulfilled the responsibility of a big country, you can clearly see that since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, our government has only exported friendship and help, and there has never been guns and wars。 ”

Song Zheng's words were loud and clear, and the female reporter was speechless, facts are facts, when the United States is building military bases around the world and sending troops abroad, what is China doing, China is actively helping fraternal countries in the third world to build infrastructure, and strive to help the local people improve their lives, and justice is at ease in the hearts of the people, on this issue, there is no room for discredit at all.