In almost every major Chinese city, users reported that trying to access Google searches returned an error page.
The hiatus began at around 5pm on Tuesday in China. Although it was still possible to access Google’s websites, searches on any topic delivered an error message.
Google was unable to immediately confirm the cause of the problem, but [...]

The recent earthquake in the Sichuan Province caused a chain reaction of explosions in the Sichuan Mountains, according to a high-level Chinese military source.  Destroyed in these explosions were the Chinese army’s largest armory, new weapons testing bases, and parts of nuclear facilities including actual nuclear warheads.
Chinese authorities ignored the disaster victims’ initial calls for [...]