From the Canberra Times regarding the visit of the Olympic torch to Canberra:
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said Australians who want to show their disapproval of China’s human rights record should turn their backs as the relay passes.
If true, that’s an about face for Rudd. I wonder if he’ll be joining the back turning show as well? I also wonder if the Chinese security detail will be turning their backs when the pushing starts:
ACT relay taskforce chairman Ted Quinlan repeated that the Chinese officials would have no role in security or crowd control.
“When, and if, push comes to shove, these people are required by our arrangement to stay out of any fracas and, in fact, to retreat to the support bus behind them,” he said.