NASA Lifts Ban on Chinese Scientists at US Conference

U.S. space agency NASA says it has lifted a controversial ban on the participation of Chinese scientists at a scientific conference in California next month. In an email sent to VOA on Monday, NASA said "scientists of Chinese origin who initially were excluded from applying to attend the Kepler Science Conference at NASA's Ames Research Center next month now are able to apply." The U.S. space agency says its initial decision to bar access to the Chinese scientists was ...

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