Games organizers respond to Spielberg (AP)

Hollywood director Steven Spielberg, right, tours the construction site of Beijing's National Stadium with Chinese film maker Zhang Yimou, center, and Jiang Xiaoyu, executive vice president of the Beijing Olympics organizing committee, after a news conference announcing the creation team for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing April 16, 2006. Rights groups on Wednesday Feb 13, 2008 praised Hollywood director Steven Spielberg's announcement that he would shun involvement with the Beijing Olympics opening and closing ceremonies because China was not doing enough to help end the crisis in Darfur. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)AP - China is blaming activists with “ulterior motives” for linking the Beijing Olympics to the nation’s involvement in Sudan, with top officials saying they shared concerns over the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.


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