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Re:Chess champion to miss Saudi Arabia tournament over women... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @11:13AM (#16015565)
> Luckily this nonsense hasn't spread to Europe and North America

Not comparable, but we get up to shenanigans from time to time, too [1].

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/oct/11/nasa-chinese...

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Re:Chess champion to miss Saudi Arabia tournament over women... by mcguire on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @12:39PM (#16016394)
As you write, not comparable, but in their defense, NASA's administrative side is pretty thoroughly hoarked. It shouldn't suprise anyone that they occasionally make idiotic decisions.
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