May 9, 2008
Unexplained 'Difficulties' Force Postponement of Scholarly Conference in China
One day after warning its members that a postponement was likely, the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences made the bad news official on Thursday: Its July conference in Kunming, China, will not take place.
More than 6,000 scholars had registered to attend the meeting, and the abrupt and unexplained cancellation has left many anthropologists speculating about possible interference by the Chinese government.
The association's
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