Actor George Clooney is speaking out on behalf of China’s foreign policy in Sudan. Omega Watches is one of the worldwide Olympic partners for the Beijing games and Clooney is a promoter of Omega.

“I have talked with Omega (about China) for over a year and will continue to talk to Omega,” Clooney was quoted as saying on the BBC Web site on Tuesday. “I have and will go to the places I and China do business and ask for help.”

Clooney has publicly spoken several times about the crisis in Darfur, Sudan, where more than 200,000 people have been killed and about 2.5 million people displaced in three years of fighting between African rebels and government troops allied with Arab militia known as janjaweed.

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