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.
Visitors jam Shanghai Expo for first preview
An estimated 200,000 visitors crowded into the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai for the first public preview day on Tuesday, forcing organizers to abandon security checks and causing chaos on a nearby subway line.
6000 detained in Shanghai Expo crime sweep: media
Police in World Expo host city Shanghai detained more than 6,000 people in a crime sweep, state press said Tuesday, as they ramp up security ahead of the huge event's May 1 kick-off.
Austria Can’t Miss Shanghai Expo: Official
An Austrian official says the upcoming Shanghai Expo 2010 is very important to his country's development and "therefore we can't be absent" from the international event.
Music Bridges the Political Divide in China
When a Taiwan music ensemble performed its reconstruction of Chinese imperial court music last year in Beijing, it marked not just a cultural milestone, but a political one. It was also a chance for people from both sides of the long-divided Taiwan Strait to compare notes on which parts of their joint Chinese heritage have been preserved, or not.
Water polo, anyone? In Afghanistan?
Popular in Australia, Canada and some European countries, water polo is also big in the United States, particularly in Southern California, and Piasecki wants to recruit some of the many coaches he knows. And he's eager for the Afghans to meet Americans.
Shanghai Expo offers sneak peak in trial run
Organisers of Shanghai's World Expo gave members of the public a preview of the massive event Tuesday as they tested facilities and public transportation 10 days before the official start. More than 1.25 million people were expected to visit over the six preview days before the official May 1 opening, with about 70 percent of the pavilions ready to welcome visitors, the Shanghai Daily reported.
Goa to house regional centre of ICCR
Chief Minister Shri Digambar Kamat has said that Goa will soon house the regional centre of the prestigious Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). The regional centre of ICCR under the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India he said will be housed in the upcoming library building in Margao and formally inaugurated in a couple of months.
Yoga for Nepal
Yoga is fast becoming a major trend in urban Nepal through Indian TV, in particular lifestyle and holistic health programs, along with things like yoga instruction CDs and video tapes that effectively carry the methods and philosophies into the cities.
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