Einstein show cancelled after Confucius merge move

The Historical Museum of Bern, Switzerland, has cancelled plans to put on an exhibition about the scientist Albert Einstein in Shanghai, China.

Shanghai's Science and Technology Museum had suggested merging the Einstein show with a display about the Chinese philosopher, Confucius.

A Hong Kong newspaper said Beijing had earlier asked for all references to World War I to be removed.

Neither the Shanghai nor the Bern museums have commented officially.

Shanghai is where Einstein is said to have officially learned that he won the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics.

He is best known for authoring the theory of relativity, and credited with changing the way we understand the universe.

The Albert Einstein (1879-1955) exhibition is on display at the Hong Kong Science Museum until August. It has previously appeared in Beijing and Guangdong....