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Public Diplomacy News: Asia Pacific
JUL 26, 2010
As English Spreads, Indonesians Fear for Their Language
The New York Times
The global spread of English, with its sometimes corrosive effects on local languages, has caused much hand-wringing in many non-English-speaking corners of the world. But the implications may be more far-reaching in Indonesia...  Read more...

Tags : Cultural Diplomacy   Public Opinion   Americas   Asia Pacific  

JUL 25, 2010
Australian Embassy opens doors to interns
The Korea Herald
The Australian Embassy is expected to have several intern positions available in the agriculture, corporate, education, defense, and public diplomacy sections. The embassy is looking to enhance the Australia-Korea relationship.  Read more...

Tags : Government PD   Asia Pacific  

JUL 23, 2010
Chinese president stresses deepening of reform of cultural system
Xinhua
Chinese President Hu Jintao Friday urged greater efforts to reform the nation's cultural system to boost China's "soft power."  Read more...

Tags : Cultural Diplomacy   Soft Power   Asia Pacific  

JUL 22, 2010
All Out: China Turns on the Charm
World Affairs Journal
While U.S. public diplomacy since September 11, 2001, has focused on countering terrorism and the radicalization of the Muslim world, a job increasingly supervised by the Pentagon, China has been moving ahead methodically with its own ambitious global agenda.  Read more...

Tags : Cultural Diplomacy   Government PD   Public Opinion   Asia Pacific  

JUL 22, 2010
National branding is not big thing
The Korea Times (Opinion)
Positive economic data alone cannot upgrade the national image. A series of latest episodes in Korea showed that soft images may be more critical in shining the national image than hard data.  Read more...

Tags : Nation Branding   Soft Power   Asia Pacific  

JUL 22, 2010
Youth groups bring TW’s soft power to Central America
Radio Taiwan International
A number of youth groups from Taiwan are traveling to Central America during their summer vacation to increase cultural understanding between the two sides. A foreign ministry official, Abel Lin, spoke about the purpose of the trips on Thursday.  Read more...

Tags : Soft Power   Americas   Asia Pacific  

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Nation Branding at Expo Shanghai 2010
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy will use the construct of “brand experience” to explore and examine how countries pursue nation branding at Expo Shanghai and how Chinese visitors experience the branded country pavilions.
Pax Asia-Pacifica: Asia’s Emerging Identity and Implications for U.S. Policy
Notwithstanding headline-grabbing political tensions among China, Japan and Korea, East Asia is moving toward a more cohesive regional community, especially in the economic and cultural realms. This development has significant ramifications for America’s long-standing preeminence in the region. Yet the United States can remain a vital element in Asia by engaging, rather than trying to block, the evolutions underway.
CPD Analysis: Asia Pacific
The Israeli Pavilion: Broadening the Discourse About Israel (Videoblog)
JUL 20, 2010
Jian (Jay) Wang
Empire of the Sun
JUL 16, 2010
Cari Guittard
Public Diplomacy Activities: Asia Pacific
How to Promote Economic Development: Your Sister City as a Tool
Sister Cities International

February 27, 2010
Virginia Haufler: Governing Corporations in Zones of Conflict -Issues, Actors & Institutions
CPD Conversations in Public Diplomacy

12:00 PM, Thursday, November 19, 2009
Venue: USC; SOS B40
God Needs No Passport: Immigrants and the Changing American Religious Landscape
A lecture by Peggy Levitt of Wellesley College and Harvard University

5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Venue: USC; Montgomery Ross Fisher Building, Room 340