居然有老外怀疑是中国黑客所为，也太高看中国黑客的水平了！要是能攻破这么多搜索巨擘的后门，我倒是为这些同胞自豪了！很明显这是政府行为，金盾发威了！
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（中央社华盛顿十八日法新电）网路分析师今天表示，中国网路使用者要进入美国网路搜寻引擎的网站时遭到“绑架”，并被导向中国本身的搜寻引擎业者百度；他们猜测这可能是要报复美国颁发奖章给流亡西藏精神领袖达赖喇嘛。
Google已经证实其中国搜寻引擎网站遭到封锁，微软公司则说还在了解此事。
“搜寻引擎圆桌会议”网站专门研究网路动态，该网站的分析师表示，中国网民想要连上Google、Yahoo和微软公司的网站时，都被导向中国的百度网站。
这些分析师在网站上贴文说：“看来中国对美国已忍无可忍，因此想出了个反击方法，就是把几乎所有想上Google、Yahoo和微软网站搜寻的人都导向中国自己的搜寻引擎百度。”
他们表示，目前还无法确知这些网路搜寻动作如何及为何被导向别的网站，但众所周知，中国一向严密控制网路，并利用各式各样的过滤方法，筛除掉与异议人士或达赖喇嘛有关主题的搜寻结果。
美国总统布什昨天不理会中国反对，成为首位与达赖喇嘛一起公开露面的美国总统，而且还呼吁中国终止“宗教迫害”。
达赖喇嘛昨天并前往美国国会山庄，在正式仪式上获颁国会金质奖章，这是国会表彰平民的最高荣誉，此事势必会更为激怒北京的领导人。
知名科技部落格网站TechCrunch的分析师芮利也表示，中国网路搜寻遭导向其他网站的情况比起初所想的还要广泛，连YouTube和Live.com等网站也遭封锁。
他表示：“有人认为这种行动可能起因美国总统布什颁奖给达赖喇嘛，但这无法获得证实。”
US search engines 'hijacked' in China: analysts by Rob Lever
Thu Oct 18, 3:57 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Internet search engines in China were being hijacked and directed to Chinese-owned Baidu, analysts said Wednesday, speculating that the move was in retaliation for Washington's award to Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.
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Analysts at Search Engine Roundtable, a website focusing on Internet search, said Chinese users trying to search on Google, Yahoo and Microsoft websites were being directed to the Chinese search engine.
Google confirmed the blocking of its Chinese search engine and Microsoft said it was looking into the matter.
"It seems like China is fed up with the US, so as a way to fight back, they redirected virtually all search traffic from Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to Baidu, the Chinese based search engine," analysts Danny Sullivan and Barry Schwartz wrote at Search Engine Roundtable.
The authors said it was not clear exactly how or why the searches were being redirected, but China is known for tightly controlling the Internet and using a variety of filters to screen out search results for issues relating to dissidents or the 72-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader.
"Some have accused Baidu of hijacking the traffic, but we think it's likely that China is upset with the US over the award it granted to the Dalai Lama and is retaliating by hurting US-based search engines," Sullivan and Schwartz said.
On Wednesday, US President George W. Bush called for an end to "religious repression" in China as he defiantly became the first US leader to appear in public with the Dalai Lama.
The Tibetan spiritual leader accepted the Congressional Gold Medal, lawmakers' highest civilian honor, in a formal ceremony in the US Capitol's ornate Rotunda -- a move certain to further enrage leaders in Beijing.
A Google spokesman told AFP: "We've had numerous reports that Google.cn and other search engines have been blocked in China and traffic redirected to other sites."
"While this is clearly unfortunate, we've seen this happen before and are confident that service will be restored to our users in the very near future," the spokesman said.
Microsoft, queried about the incident, said through a spokesman: "We are looking into this matter."
On the Webpronews website, Doug Caverly wrote: "In all likelihood, Baidu, by itself, isn't powerful enough to pull off this switch. Onlookers suspect the Chinese government."
TechCrunch analyst Duncan Riley also cited the "hijacking" and added, "the redirects are more widespread than we first thought" and that the Google-owned video site YouTube also was being blocked.
"There is some suggestion that the news of the Dalai Lama being awarded a prize by US President George W. Bush may be behind the move, but this is unable to be confirmed," Riley said.
"I've written previously on the possibility that China may use its firewall as an economic tool as opposed to a censorship tool alone, and although censorship may be partially behind today's blanket ban of US search sites, the redirect to Baidu would indicate an economic motive."
Digital Market Blog said it was able to confirm the hijacking as well.
"In our office there's about 30 machines ... If you do a search on Yahoo.com (any search) you get redirected to Baidu (as shown below) and shown Chinese results," the analysts from the site wrote.
US websites 'hijacked' by Chinese hackers
Last Updated: 1:45am BST 19/10/2007
American websites have come under attack in China since President George W. Bush met the Dalai Lama in Washington this week.
Popular search engines are said to have been "hijacked" by computer hackers who had managed to redirect users to a Chinese website.
The Dalai Lama waves before the Capitol dome
Analysts at Search Engine Roundtable, a website focusing on internet searching, said that those attempting to use the search engines on Google, Yahoo and Microsoft websites were being sent on to a Chinese equivalent called Baidu.
Access to other popular American websites including YouTube was also reported to have been blocked.
There was speculation that the motive behind the "hijacking" might be retaliation against the United States for the warm welcome it showed the Dalai Lama.
On Wednesday, Mr Bush called for an end to "religious repression" in China as he defiantly became the first US president to appear in public with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader.
The Dalai Lama accepted the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honour awarded by the US, in a formal ceremony in Washington that served to further infuriate Beijing.
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"It seems like China is fed up with the US, so as a way to fight back they redirected virtually all search traffic from Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to Baidu, the Chinese based search engine," said a statement by Search Engine Roundtable.
The authors said it was not clear exactly how or why the searches were being redirected, but China is known for tightly controlling the internet and using a variety of filters to screen out search results for issues relating to dissidents or the Dalai Lama.
On Thursday Beijing lodged an official protest over the congressional award, summoning the US ambassador to the foreign ministry.
US officials recently complained of repeated attempts by Chinese hackers to access and disrupt Pentagon and US government websites.