Can't type in standard google search engine

I'm a UK expat living in China. I've set my homepage to be google.co.uk, but I am unable to type in the search engine search box. As soon as I type even 2 letters, it automatically fills in the address bar and searches based on that. The only way I'm able to do a search is by typing my question in the address bar, but that takes me to google.com.hk which gives completely different hits to the UK google. Any ideas how to solve this? Thanks.

Perhaps it has been 'fixed' by your Chinese ISP, but:
If you want to fix your Google search to a specific Google location, or a specific search engine, I recommend that you download and install the free plug-in Glims:
http://www.machangout.com/
which not only does that but much more equally useful stuff! Such as enabling Safari to run full-screen, and more.)
(It adds items to Safari Preferences).
Not only does it already list a number of search engines and regions, but you can also add any other search engine not already listed in Glims by using the method described here:
http://www.machangout.com/tutorials/addsearchengine
Just enter the name you give the search engine in the name field, and the URL for it in the Query URL field.

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