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Language database jointly launched by mainland, Taiwan
The Chinese mainland and Taiwan jointly launched a multimedia database offering free access to Chinese linguistic literature on line. The database is expected to facilitate learning and research of the Chinese language across the world.
Watch: China’s CCTV Now Broadcasting in North America
China put a key element of its global soft-power push into play this week with the official launch of state broadcaster CCTV’s American service. The service will eventually offer four hours of programming a day, produced by roughly 100 journalists in 15 bureaus spread throughout the Americas...
The art of diplomacy
...In his three decades of foreign service, the US ambassador to the United Arab Emirates has learned that art can play a powerful part in diplomacy, communicating in a way that transcends culture and language.
Pentagon opens ‘Tweet’ offensive in cyberspace
The Pentagon on Monday launched a new campaign — in bursts of 140 characters per message. The Defense Department (@DeptofDefense) held its first Twitter town hall, and the nearly hour-long session addressed questions from "don't ask, don't tell" to the Middle East to cyber security.
2012 an opportunity for renewed diplomacy
The United States should pursue cautious and consistent diplomacy in the Middle East, engaging both governments and civilians through peaceful and cultural ties rather than enacting aggressive measures. Through this, we can proceed to a state of nonviolent relations.
Human culture without music
While India has consciously sought to promote a ‘soft’ image, Pakistan, on the other hand, have spared no effort, deliberately perpetuating a negative ‘hard’ image of ourselves. As citizens strain under the daily task of survival and an incompetent government struggles to stay in power, the ‘soft image’ continues to elude us.
China’s hardline politics clash with soft power
China's hardline political stance, as shown by its veto of a UN resolution on Syria, is increasingly clashing with its efforts to improve its image abroad. Actually, Beijing runs into repeated problems when national policy collides with improving China's image. It puts its national policy first including defence of 'core interests' and pays a price on the soft power side.
Finding Hip-Hop in Kazakhstan and Country in India
American Voices, incorporated as a nonprofit in 1993, has been operating summer youth performing arts academies, workshops and concerts in dozens of countries around the world. In St. Louis, this organization conducts "cultural diplomacy," which involves exchanging musical expertise between Americans and countries often hit hard by conflict.
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