links for 2008-04-10

• Hackers exploit Tibet websites
  Security experts are warning that hackers are exploiting websites about Tibet, inserting malicious code to infect the PCs of unwary surfers.
• Kevin Rudd’s blunt message to China over Tibet
  PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has risked damaging Australia’s trading relationship with China by issuing an undiplomatically blunt message to resolve the situation in Tibet without resorting to further violence.
• Torch Chaos: China’s PR Machine in Overdrive
  China is standing firm. The governor for the Tibetan Autonomous Region told reporters in Beijing today, anyone attempting to disrupt the torch’s journey on his watch “will be dealt with severely.”
• Thousands turn out for speeches by Desmond Tutu, Richard Gere
  On the night before the Olympic torch was to be carried along San Francisco’s waterfront, thousands of people gathered at United Nations Plaza to hear Archbishop Desmond Tutu and actor Richard Gere rally support for freedom in Tibet and decry the People’s
• China’s Men In Blue
  Yesterday, we commented on the sinister Chinese security detail which barged its way through central London “protecting” the Olympic torch as it was carried by British athletes and celebrities.