Genocide Olympics is a term used by activists such as actor Mia Farrow to describe the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China, because of the country's seeming disregard to the happenings in Darfur and China's support for the Sudanese government. After the "Genocide Olympics" controversy reached critical mass worldwide in 2007, Beijing reversed its initial opposition of sanctions against the Sudan by the United Nations.
The issues re-emerged in March 2008, however, when the European Union threatened to boycott the games because of a recent incident in which around 100 people were allegedly killed during a Tibetan protest against Chinese rule.
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Protests in Tibet marked 49th anniversary of first rebellion
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Dalai Lama called results of protest "cultural genocide"
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Farrow is a UNICEF goodwill ambassador
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MiaFarrow.org urges activists to convince sponsors of '08 Olympics to withdraw
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Steven Spielberg, initially an artistic director of Olympics, resigned because of Darfur controversy
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Sudan's economy relies greatly on oil exports to China and other countries
