There is really no excuse for "accidentally" routing through Chinese servers for a service. To me the reasons are as shallow as Google's "error in algorithm".

There is really no excuse for "accidentally" routing through Chinese servers for a service. To me the reasons are as shallow as Google's "error in algorithm". Just recently YouTube "accidentally" deleted the account of a pro-democracy channel in Hong Kong with more than 600k subscribers [1]. Incidentally, this has never happened to pro-Chinese channels. [1] (only sources in Chinese are available) - https://inews.hket.com/article/2664703/%E3%80%90YouTube%E5%B0%81%E6%AE%BA%EF%BC%9F%E3%80%91%E8%95%AD%E8%8B%A5%E5%85%83%E5%8F%8A%E5%A4%9A%E5%80%8B%E9%A0%BB%E9%81%93%E5%BD%B1%E7%89%87%E6%B6%88%E5%A4%B1%E3%80%80%E7%B6%B2%E6%B0%91%EF%BC%9A%E8%95%AD%E8%8B%A5%E5%85%83%E5%87%BA%E4%BA%8B%EF%BC%9F%C2%A0 https://inews.hket.com/article/2664703/%E3%80%90YouTube%E5%B...