Perhaps, I have lived in this free spirited world for too long. I did not realize that my Safari’s default search engine on my Macbook Pro was set to be the Google in the first a couple of days when I was in China. Two days later, after all fuss feeling settled a bit, I realized my mistake and switched to the Microsoft’s Bing. It worked fine.
I understand that the Google is blocked in China. But, why is my poor little .COM also blocked? Maybe, just maybe, they were blocking any sites that were built at the top of the WordPress? I was bluntly told they would block anything unless you were on Baidu platform.
The above was definitely not a pleasant experience.