Why is the Peoples Republic of China Assisting in the Harassment of American
Dissidents?
Many Internet websites aimed at opposing war with Iraq have become the
targets of smear and harassment campaigns. One form of harassment involves
email spoofing. Many activist websites maintain mailing lists for the
purpose of disseminating breaking news. Harassers, usually pro-Zionist in
their aims, send forged emails using the email address of the activists'
account. The message contain statements seeking to defame the antiwar
activists owning the dissident websites. Examination of the headers often
reveal the actual source of the emails. These emails have come from many
countries, including the United States, Israel, Lebanon, and Australia.
However, I find it particularly irritating that some of the more virulent are
coming from the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). The PRC does not support
a war with Iraq. The PRC has tight control over the use of the Internet
within the PRC. Consequently, it is difficult to believe that these
harassment campaigns run out of the PRC operate without the PRC's consent.
One must conclude that the PRC condones the harassment of American dissidents.
The most recent campaign out of the PRC targeted a well known dissident
Internet site. Spoofed emails calling for Jihad and making terroristic
statements were send out, fraudulently, in the name of that site's
webmaster. These spoofed emails originated at the following company
located in Hong Kong:
KARCE International Holdings
Company Limited
29/F., Unit 1-2, Cable TV Tower,
HOI SHING RD,, TSUEN WAN
NT HK
Please contact this company and let them know that you do not appreciate
their harassment of American dissidents: Web
Form
The IP address of the harasser is: 203.198.73.126
The Intranet address of the harasser (within the company's LAN) is
127.0.0.1
The salient portion of the spoofed email's header is:
Received: from unknown (HELO karce.com)
(203.198.73.126)by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 Jan 2003 22:47:09
-0000
Received: from localhost (mail [127.0.0.1])by karce.com
(8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h0OMfui12692for <thefalloutshelter@yahoogroups.com>;
Sat, 25 Jan 2003 06:41:57 +0800 |
Also, you may wish to contact the Chinese Embassy, send them a link to
this article, and demand that they stop harassing Americans opposed to war in
Iraq: chinaembassy_us@fmprc.gov.cn