I’m spending a few weeks in China, and one of the frustrating developments since the last time I was here is that access to Google services is largely unavailable from many public connections. Notably, both the standard WiFi and the public internet cafes claim to be unable to resolve secure connections to Google.
I’m realizing at this point that this will make communication quite hard, since it greatly complicates stuff like getting email, posting photos, or chatting with friends back home.