Same problems for the last few days. FT is running very slow, whether I access through the Chinese ISP directly, or through my US-based VPN tunnel. Definitely not "normal." Each page is taking a couple of minute to load up (when they load). It's getting close to unuseable for me. It does seem to be better when I access during what is the middle of the night North America time, which leads me to believe it's some sort of overload or bottleneck issue.