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Nature 401, 834 (28 October 1999) | doi:10.1038/44650
US Congressman boycotts science meeting with China
Rex Dalton
The first in a planned decade-long series of meetings between US and Chinese scientific leaders was marred this week by the withdrawal of a powerful US Congressman, citing allegations of Chinese spying and illegal technology uses. James Sensenbrenner (Republican, Wisconsin), chairman of the House Science Committee, cancelled his plans to attend the Sino–US Joint Science Policy Seminar as the delegation was leaving for the four-day meeting with representatives of the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China, due to open in Beijing last Sunday (24 October).
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