Hi, I got the reason. It has nothing to do with Python and its libraries.
I have Symantec Client Security installed on the test machine, and it is modifying the content encoding header for outgoing http request, which is a strange thing. Disable the firewall and the problem goes away. -- Hong Yuan 大管家网上建材超市 装修装潢建材一站式购物 http://www.homemaster.cn
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