Ni negros ni mongoles

Denuncian que en China ordenan a bares no atender negros ni mongoles durante los Juegos. El Gobierno de Beijing habría obligado a ciertos bares a no atender a estas personas durante los Juegos Olímpicos, de acuerdo al diario South China Morning Post.

El periódico publicó que el Departamento de Seguridad Pública, del que depende la Policía, les hizo firmar a los dueños de los bares en torno al Estadio de los Trabajadores -donde se jugarán partidos de fútbol- un documento en el que se obligan a no permitir el ingreso de personas de raza negra, asociadas en la ciudad al tráfico de drogas, ni de los mongoles, a cuyas mujeres se las vincula con la prostitución.

"Vinieron agentes no uniformados del Departamento de Seguridad Pública y me dijeron que no atendiera a negros ni a mongoles", dijo el dueño de un bar que prefirió no ser identificado, según el South China. (sigue)

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Spielberg Drops Out as Adviser to Beijing Olympics

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WASHINGTON — Steven Spielberg said Tuesday that he was withdrawing as an artistic adviser to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after almost a year of trying unsuccessfully to prod President Hu Jintao of China to do more to try to end Sudan’s attacks in the Darfur region.

Mr. Spielberg’s decision, and the public way he announced it, is a blow to China, which has said that its relationship with Sudan should not be linked to the Olympics, which have become a source of national pride.

In a statement sent to the Chinese ambassador and the Beijing Olympic committee on Tuesday, Mr. Spielberg said that his “conscience will not allow me to continue with business as usual.”

“Sudan’s government bears the bulk of the responsibility for these ongoing crimes but the international community, and particularly China, should be doing more to end the continuing human suffering there,” the statement said. “China’s economic, military and diplomatic ties to the government of Sudan continue to provide it with the opportunity and obligation to press for change.”

Responding to Mr. Spielberg’s action, a spokesman at the Chinese Embassy in Washington said, “As the Darfur issue is neither an internal issue of China nor is it caused by China, it is completely unreasonable, irresponsible and unfair to link the two as one.” more

Source: NY Times