Google Warns China Users on Searches That May Break Connection

Google Inc., which withdrew its search engine from China in 2010 during a spat over censorship, is notifying users in the country if they type words or phrases that may disrupt connections to its sites.

Google searches from China have been “inconsistent and unreliable” for “the past couple years,” Google said in a statement posted on its website yesterday. The company found no problems with its systems and concluded the interruptions were related to searches for particular terms, it said.