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Sunday, April 20, 2008
RAGE FOR SALE
A sup****ter of PRC human rights policy is restrained by Thai police
after trying to attack Tibet sup****ters behind their barricade (I
personally saw this one), during the Olympic torch relay in Bangkok on
April 19, 2008.
Photo: AP / Apichart Weerawong
I
t seems that the fired up rage I saw yesterday from Chinese foreign
students in Bangkok, was likely the best rage the Chinese government's
money could buy. I qualify it with the word "likely" since this is
what is going on in the US right now.
Phayul re****ter Phurbu Thinley writes that a good friend of his named
Tenzin, who now lives in Minnesota, was surprised to see an unusually
large contingent of pro-China campaigners protesting against the Human
Rights Torch arrival at University of Minnesota on April 16. About 300
members of the Minnesota Tibetan community had taken a day off work to
attend, along with the China Democracy Movement, Falun Dafa groups,
Burmese democracy groups and others. He interviewed his friend via
online chat.
What shocked Tenzin most was when a Chinese student carrying a pro-
China banner approached him, in the midst of event, and asked him how
much he got to take part in it; evidently with no idea of the whole
torch relay event.
"What happened is that there were lots of pro-Chinese, and one of them
came to me and asks me how much I got," Tenzin wrote in our usual
online chat. "He thought I might be one of them (Chinese)," Tenzin
went on.
"And then I asked him back (the same question) and he said he got 350
dollars (US) from the Chinese government to protest against us
(Tibetans and human rights activists). He specifically told us that
lots of students, almost all of them were paid to protest against
Tibetans," he added.
That's not bad for an afternoon's "work," 350 bucks each! Tenzin
learned from the Chinese student that the PRC patriots who counter-
protested during the San Francisco leg of the Olympic torch relay were
also paid for their attendance.
"So I asked him 'why are you protesting, I mean do you have any idea
about what=92s going on?' " Tenzin went on with his narration.
"That Chinese guy told me he didn=92t know what=92s going on," Tenzin
wrote saying he literally had to explain to his Chinese counterpart in
"detail" about what had been "going on in Tibet" and that the "Human
Rights Torch Relay" is "not talking about Tibet at all".
According to Tenzin, on hearing the explanation, the bemused 'Chinese
guy' later put his banner down to join Tibetans and other groups to
denounce Chinese government of its human rights record...
Tenzin further wrote: "He doesn=92t even know why he is protesting. And
it=92s not just him; he said most of the students who are pro-Chinese
don=92t know why they are protesting."
When asked how they would get the money from the Chinese government,
the stranger told Tenzin that one of the students or a group leader
would get the money from the nearest Chinese embassy or consulate, and
then pay it out to individuals.
Later that day, Tenzin and many of the Tibetans drove two hours to
Rochester, hoping to see and hear Dalai Lama at a conference at the
Mayo Clinic. Again, many University of Minnesota Chinese students were
there to protest against him.
Xinhua carried a story on Friday on this protest (link is on the
Phayul page), headlined "Chinese Americans protest against Dalai
Lama's separatist activities," and which went on to re****t: "American
Chinese and Chinese students across the United States have been
voluntarily and spontaneously staging a series of peaceful protests
against the Dalai Lama's separatist activities as he tours the
country."
Protesters hold a defaced French flag during a demonstration in Wuhan,
Hubei province on April 19, 2008.
Photo: REUTERS / Stringer
Protests against French retailer Carrefour, and against France
generally, are growing in many Chinese cities. Here we see some
patriots holding the French Tricolour (click for larger view) nicely
balanced with two Nazi swastikas and some interesting graffiti down
the middle. It reads, "Jean d'Arc =3D prostitute; Napoleon =3D pervert;
France =3D Nazi; FREE CORSICA!!!" How to win friends and influence
people. I guess they really don't teach history over there. And I
doubt they make anything like 350 bucks a day doing this in Wuhan.
Here's a bit more about that poor attempted-peacemaker student from
Duke University who has had her life turned upside down, and that of
her parents in China, due to appearing on a YouTube video trying to
reason with some other Chinese students earlier this month. Her
"outing" was performed by something called "human flesh search
engines" -- a euphemism for the legions of Chinese internet
inhabitants who tracked her down.
Someone has written a phony "apology" in her parents' names, which was
widely circulated on the Internet.
"On behalf of Wang Qianyuan, we beg the forgiveness of the people of
China, the forgiveness of all the Chinese in the world. We beg the
entire nation to forgive her ignorance and give her an op****tunity to
rectify her mistake."
She told Radio Free Asia's Cantonese language service that the letter
is fake, her parents have never seen it, and they told her to just
ignore it if she sees it. They sup****t her and say she did nothing
wrong.
"My mother told me they sup****t me. My father thinks he may have to
change jobs=97but he has no regrets. I just had a phone conversation
with them. My father is firm in his position and mom also said 'Don=92t
worry.' "
She has received death threats and her parents' home has been
vandalized. They remain in hiding, and she is living under police
protection.
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda informed Chinese Foreign Minister
Yang Jiechi on Friday that Tibet has now become an international
issue. For China of course, Tibet is nobody's business but theirs.
However many Tibetans they beat, arrest or kill, 'just shut up about
it' is the official Chinese position.
"Prime Minister Fukuda stated that there was a need to face up to the
reality that the matter has become an international issue and that it
should not affect the Olympics," a foreign ministry statement said.
"It is desired that the Chinese side does all it can to solve the
matter," it quoted Fukuda as saying.
Meanwhile, the Zenkoji Buddhist Temple in Nagano, which was slated to
be the starting point for the Japan leg of the Olympic torch relay
before resident monks withdrew last week, has been vandalised.
Six white spray paint graffiti patterns were found on pillars and
sliding doors at the main sanctuary of the 1,400-year-old temple early
Sunday, a spokesman for the Nagano prefectural police said...
The wooden sanctuary, designated as a national treasure by the
government, is the main feature of the temple.
A country much more amenable to China's requirements is Nepal, whose
authorities have said they authorize Nepali soldiers and police --
stationed on their side of Mount Everest in preparation for the torch
run up the mountain -- to stop any protests by using lethal force if
necessary. Nepal's Home Ministry spokesman Modraj Dotel said that
police and soldiers "have been given orders to stop any protest on the
mountain using whatever means necessary, including use of weapons."
Killing protesters would be only a "last resort."
A massive denial-of-service attack against CNN's website was
apparently planned to hit on Saturday, but a few hackers seem to have
jumped the gun and given away the surprise. A new (to me) site to
watch in this field is The Dark Visitor, which tracks the activities
of Chinese hackers.
[M]any more Chinese sites, not just hacker, [are] starting to call for
the DDOS attack on CNN. Also they are starting to solidify their
plans.
The site has quite a list of Chinese websites calling for the attack.
In a later update post, the site identifies the hacker group as
"Revenge of the Flame," and says the attack was called off due to too
many people knowing about it. The group has six "attack headquarters,"
42 "Revenge of the Flame units," and even a RotF propaganda
department. Quotes from a statement by Revenge of the Flame:
First, I want to thank everyone for their strong sense of
nationalistic responsibility. However, maybe we were too impetuous. We
love our country! We will resist all anti-Chinese influences! However,
we must choose the right way to come to the defense of our country,
families and ourselves!!! After some core internal discussions, we
have decided to tem****arily cancel the 19th attack plan! The Revenge
of the Flame organization still exists! Later we can be a computer
discussion organization, we will study together for the day our
country needs us! Our government and military will all mobilize! At
that time, we will let those so-called foreign net-forces see! No
matter where, China will never lose to them! We also have our net-
forces! Perhaps at that time, our Revenge of the Flame will be the
main strength! We all love our country! But, we must use sensible
methods to defend our honor!
OK!!! I believe you! Use sensible methods then! The attack has not
been cancelled, only postponed.
We hope that even more people with the Chinese national blood will
join our actions. Only in unity is there strength. We are not
individuals, we are a collective, and we are Chinese.
17 April 2008
Magistrate
Hackwolf
Magistrate? Is somebody perhaps living in one of those "golden age"
Chinese movies? Bao Boon Jeen ("Judge Bao") was pretty popular here in
Thailand a few years ago. I think maybe Magistrate Hackwolf is living
in a parallel, legendary universe. I wonder how much money they can
make doing this. Recall the SQL-injection / malware attacks on
websites we talked about a few days ago, which included a built-in
"pay-per-infection" scheme.
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