This may not have been limited to China. I had the same problem in Melbourne, Australia for a while today. Attempts to reach Google sites returned a URL not found error. Perhaps the problem was a Google server malfunction rather than a censorship attempt jointly conducted by the Chinese and Australian governments.
The article in the register is way off the target. Nobody suggested that the alleged recent plot involved manufacturing explosives on board the aircraft. The plan was supposed to involve carrying ready made liquid explosives onto the aircraft disguised by innocent looking packaging. The suggestion that hydrogen peroxide could be concentrated by boiling off the water shows that the writer has little or no knowledge of chemistry.
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This may not have been limited to China. I had the same problem in Melbourne, Australia for a while today. Attempts to reach Google sites returned a URL not found error. Perhaps the problem was a Google server malfunction rather than a censorship attempt jointly conducted by the Chinese and Australian governments.
The article in the register is way off the target. Nobody suggested that the alleged recent plot involved manufacturing explosives on board the aircraft. The plan was supposed to involve carrying ready made liquid explosives onto the aircraft disguised by innocent looking packaging. The suggestion that hydrogen peroxide could be concentrated by boiling off the water shows that the writer has little or no knowledge of chemistry.