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.
Actress Sharon Stone apologizes to China over bad karma remark
On Thursday, the Chinese branch of one of Stone's sponsors, the French fashion house Christian Dior, issued an apology on her behalf, saying she was "deeply sorry." Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang accepted Stone's apology when the issue arose at a regular news briefing: "We hope that as an actress she should contribute to our two peoples' mutual trust, understanding and friendship." The quick response might make it seem as if Beijing is closely monitoring its global image, which took a bruising in the past two months over its handling of unrest among ethnic Tibetans and protests that gr
Australian Cultural Diplomacy in Germany - Interview with Australian Ambassador Ian Kemish
In August 2007, the Australian Senate’s Standing Committee for Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade published a report entitled ‘Australia’s public diplomacy: building our image’. This report gave a thorough overview of Australian cultural diplomacy across all sectors and presented a set of recommendations to the government aimed at improving Australia’s cultural diplomacy strategies. Important to the success of such strategies is the recognition of pervading stereotypes in the target country, as well as a clear picture of the image of Australia that should replace this stereotype.
Security chief decries ‘war on terror’
The west needs a more comprehensive strategy to counter al-Qaeda propaganda and the US should stop using the term “war on terror”, according to a top intelligence official. Charles Allen, the senior intelligence official at the Department of Homeland Security, says the phrase is counter-productive because it creates “animus” in Islamic countries.
QU professor addresses scholars’ forum in US
During his visit at UL, Prof. Galander addressed the Honor Society of International Scholars and gave a speech on "US public diplomacy and the image of the US in the Middle East" to the Society of Professional Journalists. He also gave lectures on image-building, opinion-making and image consulting.
Actress Sharon Stone apologizes to China
In an era when China is intensely sensitive to its global image, even the utterances of Hollywood actors can draw pronouncements from the Foreign Ministry...One overseas analyst of Chinese affairs said the Chinese reaction to Stone could rebound negatively outside the country.
Media war is the real war: Mehsud
The Taliban are preparing to launch a propaganda offensive with greater (global) outreach by arming some of its members with requisite skills to upload videos on websites such as YouTube. “The real war is the media war,” Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud told Daily Times. “It is our desire to learn also how one should fight the media war.”
Al Jazeera issue draws crowd to Contois Auditorium
The question of whether Burlington Telecom, the city-owned telecommunications company, should continue to air Al Jazeera English news service drew a large and passionate crowd Tuesday afternoon to City Hall.
Wen wants to be your friend on Facebook
Chinese leaders are not known for making themselves available to the public, even after the Internet opened the door to governments around the world. But Facebook, one of the most popular online social networking sites, now has a page for Prime Minister Wen Jiabao.
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