I am pleased to pass on the good news that Max Woodworth has received a positive 4^th year review in a letter from Executive Dean Manderscheid. In addition Max is elected as Secretary in the China Geography Study Group. He is in China for the next two months doing fieldwork for recently funded research. He is based in Xiamen but will be traveling widely around China. Max has been racking up the miles: he also presented a paper May 6 at the International China Urban Development Conference at University College London.

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