Thanks for the report! I've forwarded it to the list. See you in Paris, I
hope. Sylvester
 
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>Greetings--
>I'm having trouble posting to the list so will backchannel
>this.
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>Beijing was the hottest ever--unofficial reports of
>114-degree temperatures, but the conference site was
>mercifully air conditioned.  Many fine papers, and it was
>good to hear from Chinese, Korean, and Japanese scholars in
>attendance (though the majority were American, Canadian,
>and a few Europeans).  Side trips to the Great Wall, Qufu,
>Taishan, etc. were made under somewhat daunting conditions
>(crowds, heat, rather spartan train accommodations) but it
>gave us all the chance to observe the vast and complex
>panorama that is China.
>
>Paris was selected as the site for the 2001 conference,
>winning out from Hailey, Idaho, which also made a bid.
>
>I'll leave it to the more scholarly types to pass judgment
>on the material presented.
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>had a wonderful time, wish you were there
>       edward moran.
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>> Date:          Tue, 17 Aug 1999 09:32:38 -0400
>> Reply-to:      Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine
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>> From:          sylvester pollet <[log in to unmask]>
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>>         I've been waiting, almost patiently, to hear some reports from the
>> Beijing Pound Conference. Not necessarily the whole story, but at least
>> some luminous details? And what place was chosen for the 2001 conference?
>> Someone out there must have recovered from the jet-lag by now? Sylvester
>>
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