BEIJING: Nasa has reversed a decision to ban six Chinese scientists from a space conference, Chinese state media said, after prominent US astronomers vowed to boycott the meeting in a row over academic freedom.
The US space agency had barred them from participating in the meeting on exoplanets – bodies outside the solar system – in California in early November, saying it was legally obliged to do so because of their nationality.
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