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I saw the article for a brief moment, then it redirected to a blank page. Don't really care anymore.

edit: Really, no comment on why a story about _friggin space_ would be dis-interesting to a consumer due to NYTimes-like article handling that can fail on edge cases?

Consider the Apollo missions if a CJ[0] portal failed in delivering promised content, what the user clicks a link for. Maybe I care too bloody much about every nation's space program than to give time to a probable advertising redirect.

In the end the search engine content shell game really annoys users, don't expect positive results from it.

[0] http://www.cj.com/

I saw the article for a brief moment, then it redirected to a blank page. Don't really care anymore.

I had the same problem. I run Firefox/NoScript. Perhaps there's a redirect to some ad site that's blocked?

I was able to read the story in Firefox by using

    Tools -> Web Developer -> Page Source
and then paging down thru the vast amount of HTML until I found the story. Here's the beginning. I'm not posting the whole thing, wouldn't want to disrespect the copyright of some Chinese website (the irony of respecting Chinese copyright doesn't escape me):
    Scientists may not be able to repair China's lunar rover, Jade Rabbit, that has broken down on the surface of the moon, a report on state media suggested.

    The report from Xinhua, written as if it sent by the rover itself, said the problems could prove insoluble.

    "Masters are working round the clock. In spite of that, I know I might not be able to make it through this lunar night," the "report" from Jade Rabbit said.

    "If this journey is to be suspended ahead of schedule, I am not fearful. No matter whether I can be fixed or not, I believe I have left masters much valuable information and experience."

    The authorities reported on Saturday the rover had experienced a "mechanical control abnormality'' and scientists were trying to fix it.

Blank page for me in FF/noscript, but in vanilla chrome is just plain broken. I get a background colour, an advert, and a couple of broken scrollbars.

Well, page opened fine in my system (Chrome 32, FF 26, Win7).

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