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Tourism: IFC announces $26,5MM financing for the Marriott
This funding will be one of the few sizable direct foreign investments in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake and will create jobs, generate business opportunities for small and midsize enterprises, promote sustainable growth in the tourism industry, and contribute to the reconstruction of essential business infrastructure destroyed by the earthquake.
Raising Indonesia’s International Profile
Our neighbor’s tourism theme song “Malaysia Truly Asia” has been ringing in our ears for so many years that we can easily hum it. The campaign, presenting the country as a potpourri of Malay, Chinese and Indian cultures living together in harmony, has succeeded in presenting a positive Malaysian image overseas.
China’s “Soft Power” Bolsters Africa’s New Assertive Diplomacy
A recent survey shows that China is rapidly replacing the US and Britain as the top source of inspiration for many Africans, with 34 per cent of Kenyans looking up to Beijing as a role model and destination for business opportunities, technology and infrastructure development.
A Foreign Policy Classroom With A Difference
The innovative public diplomacy effort to explain all aspects of the working of India's foreign ministry was in six 30 minute segments in which, for the first time, senior Indian diplomats candidly and publically responded to all questions directed at them in such a platform.
A Global Power Needs A Real Army
But the real danger with these plans is the enormous gap they create in our capability. This plays out at two levels. We remain a global power, with global interests. Countries not friendly to the West are increasing their expenditure on their armed forces.
China’s Peng Liyuan Plays Her Soft Power Card With Style
While Mao Zedong once said that women hold up half of the sky, in truth women wield relatively little power in China, particularly in politics. There are no women among the recently elected members of the Politburo Standing Committee. Traditionally, first ladies rarely entered the spotlight and fell under a cloak of secrecy.
Exchange Group Back From Japan
A GROUP of students who travelled to Japan on an educational cultural exchange program returned to Fiji earlier this week. The group of 19 post-graduate students were part of USP's JENESYS 2.0 project which sent them to Japan between June 9 and June 21 this year.
New Zealand To Help Develop Sheep Farming in China
A five-way agreement between New Zealand and Chinese agriculture-related institutions will help develop China's sheep farming and pasture growth, New Zealand Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy said Friday.
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