China Criticizes NASA for Barring Chinese From US Conference

China has criticized the U.S. space agency NASA for excluding Chinese academics from a scientific conference to be held at a NASA facility in California in November. Speaking Wednesday in Beijing, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying accused NASA of engaging in "discriminatory behavior." She said China believed that academic or scientific research activities "should not be politicized." A group of academics organizing the conference issued a statement ...

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