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On 14/04/2012 21:22, David E. Powell wrote:
> Another story out of Chna. It seems the internet is suddenly going
> down there.
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/asia/chinas-mysterious-internet-outage-speculation-over-a-8216kill-switch/1636
>
> <http://www.zdnet.com/blog/asia/chinas-mysterious-internet-outage-
> speculation-over-a-8216kill-switch/1636>
>
> Heck of a coincidence given what else has been going on, hmm?
>

Internet servers are electrically powered machines, so they can be 
switched off.

If the Chinese authorities are ordering large scale power downs then the 
infighting must be getting very bad.  China will change direction when 
this is all over.

Andrew Swallow