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BEIJING (AP) - China has canceled an international human rights and democracy conference, apparently because it was too near the June 4 anniversary of Beijing's 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations, a participant said Tuesday.
The three-day conference was to start Thursday in Beijing, but speakers were told to "assume that it's been canceled" pending official notice, said Bruce Gilley, who has written books on Chinese politics and was invited to speak at the conference.
It would be the second time in six months that China has called off an international conference on a sensitive issue. In December, it scrapped a meeting on labor standards with foreign union officials.
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