Cloudy in Beijing Blogging about my time in China

Seriously?

It seems my worst fears have come true. Just a few hours ago I noticed that none of my Google searches were working. Even searching for "hello" results in an error. Now the news is reporting on the disruptions. Come on China! Seriously?

For a moment I've had to contemplate what life would be like without Google. It's a scary thought. I haven't used another search engine since years ago when I was back in high school. Fortunately, as I stated in my last post, I can still visit Google through the use of paid proxy I recently bought. (My Gmail account also seems to be unaffected so far. What a nuisance that would have been.)

But regardless, this is ridiculous that Google searches have now been blocked. Do we not live in the 21st century? In America we would never stand for this. But here in China the government does what it wants, and people often end up just enduring it. I can only expect that more flowers and chocolates will be laid on the front steps of Google's Beijing Headquarters tomorrow.

UPDATE: Google is now working again in China, although the reasons as to why there was a disruption seem hard to pinpoint.