A curated selection of public diplomacy-relevant news from a global cross-section of English-language media outlets, including independent, corporate-owned, and state-sponsored sources. The stories featured don't necessarily represent CPD's views nor have they been verified by CPD.
Chinese Language Speaking Contest Enter Final Round
The second Chinese language contest for foreign students in China will enter its final round. Nearly a hundred contestants from more than 42 countries and the organizers behind the competition held a news conference in Beijing on Thursday morning.
Cisco and AIESEC to Open International Exchange for Malaysian Students
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and AIESEC, the world's largest student-run organization, have launched an innovative program to provide Malaysian students with the opportunity to expand their skills and gain valuable international work experience.
First ASEM Culture and Arts Festival to Open in Beijing
The first Asia-Europe Meeting Culture and Arts Festival is to open on September 2nd in Beijing. The theme of the week-long event is "Sharing Diversity and Innovation" and it's aimed at bringing out the diversified Asian European culture in music, dance, film, theatre, exhibition and publications.
Israel’s Image Problem and What to Do about It
In its 61-year history as a modern nation state, Israel has become synonymous with conflict and controversy, creating friction with hostile neighbors and, at times, setting itself up as a target for international reproach. But is Israel getting short shrift? Have Israelis been letting themselves down by failing to showcase their strengths?
Is Obama’s ‘Let’s Talk’ Diplomacy Failing?
The apparently meager returns thus far on the "talk with our adversaries" approach do not offer a full picture of the policy's advantages, supporters say. The improved international image of an America seen to favor dialogue over conflict will yet pay dividends even if the dialogue never takes place.
The YMCA Hiroshima-Honolulu Exchange Program
For the past 49 years the YMCA of Honolulu and the Hiroshima YMCA have participated in an annual international student exchange program that focuses on world peace. Alternating hosting duties, this year the YMCA of Honolulu welcomed eight students, ages 13-17, from Hiroshima, Japan from July 26 to August 7, 2009.
If He Twitters, They Will Come
In an attempt to "burst the presidential bubble" and relate to citizens of both the US and the world, the Obama administration has turned to social media to spread its message farther and wider, according to Margaret Talev and Warren P. Strobel of McClatchy Newspapers, in the Kansas City Star.
Envoys Resisted Arrival of Pentagon Africa Command, Report Says
Africom, led by U.S. Army General William "Kip" Ward, seeks to nurture defense ties with 53 African nations. There continues to be some public and considerable internal debate about the wisdom of military funding of U.S. developmental and public diplomacy activities in Africa, according to the inspectors' report.
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