circumventing ajax.googleapis.com ?

Hi

I am a long time MR user, currently in China and also a Linux/koreader user.

For some reason, when connecting to MR, my computer suffer a huge delay before connecting (one, two minutes). Every time I change screen on MR, this delay happens again. MR became really unsuitable for me. However I know for sure that the site is not censored by China.

The reason: trying to connect to ajax.googleapis.com makes my computer dive into a black hole.

Of course I can avoid it: I modified the file /etc/hosts to add the line:
127.0.1.1. ajax.googleapis.com
It gave me back instant access to MR again.

But it triggered some unpleasant side-effects not only on MR but on other sites.

On MR, I cannot get anymore the dropping menu (with mail) when clicking Quick Links and so I lost access to my "sent mail". On this message, I cannot select Bold,or Code or any other formatting value.

I shall try other things: with Firefox, the NoScript Security suite allows me to disable ajax.googleapis.com selectively for your site. But the side effects will stay the same.

I understand I am on the wrong side of the planet. Can something be done to mitigate this situation?

Faithfully yours and a merry Christmas.

roger64