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As Adam Minter mentions in his Shanghai Scrap blog, at least one large conference that was scheduled for China in late May has been rescheduled because would-be foreign attendees are having trouble getting visas.  The reported reason that China has tightened up on issuing visas is because of the upcoming 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC.  However, it is more likely that it has to do with the June anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre in 1989.  China may fear international attention if media or dissidents draw any attention to that anniversary.  Nevertheless, it may mean that businesspeople that intended to visit China in May or June may have difficulty getting visas.