You wrote;
"But maybe (Paul) hasn't left IELTS at all.So far we only have Ian's unsubstantiated asumption that Paul is no longer in Yuncheng."

Paul announced his departure at the meeting in June. There were at least thirty other people there apart from myself. I haven't seen Paul since I got back and believe that he moved to his wife's hometown to teach.
Ian McAllister

p.s. do any of you know where Lord Lucan is?