a regular poster whose Australian accent was claimed to be too thick to be
an FT! However, I had not found his English to be so when I had spoken to him via Skype
some years ago!

You were speaking "via Skype some years ago" to a "regular poster".
Why?
You must be either a recruiter or a shill for private school.
What was your handle "years ago" when you were chatting with posters on this site?
Why would you ask the rationale behind China's blockage of Google?
Why would ask for Taffy's email?
Get lost.