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.
Volunteers Seek Jewish Way to Serve in Africa
Here in this humid and leafy village in eastern Uganda 20 minutes from the Kenyan border, 16 American college students sit in a circle. They are protected by the shade of a straw thatch structure adjacent to the complex where they have been living for the past month. It is the afternoon of Tisha B’Av, the summer fast day marking a series of Jewish calamities, and the students are contemplating the meaning of hunger, of suffering.
Fort Worth Sister Cities City Budget Cut Justified
Public diplomacy — cultural programs and international exchanges conducted by regular Americans and not career State Department bureaucrats — is a worthy undertaking. Citizen ambassadors are the common threads that run through such valued community assets as Rotary clubs, church mission trips and Fort Worth Sister Cities International. But one of these endeavors is not like the others. One receives public dollars — city tax dollars — to help fund that public diplomacy.
USAID Challenges Reflect Greater Problems at the State Department
USAID’s mission today is as important as ever and yet it remains leaderless with declining morale and shrinking funds as increasingly America’s foreign development aid wears combat boots, just like its public diplomacy.
It’s 3 a.m. Do You Know Where Hillary Clinton Is?
The secretary has quietly begun rethinking the very nature of diplomacy and translating that vision into a revitalized State Department, one that approaches U.S. allies and rivals in ways that challenge long-held traditions.
China Raises 310 Million Yuan for Taiwan’s Storm Victims
Houston Rockets center Yao Ming called for Chinese people around the world via a televised message Thursday to contribute to post-Typhoon Morakot relief efforts to help victims of the storm in Taiwan. At least 310 million Chinese yuan (US$45 million) were raised for the victims.
Chinese Lunar New Year Might Become National Holiday in Philippines Too
Philippine lawmakers are deliberating a bill to declare Chinese lunar new year a regular national holiday, along side with New Year's Day, Christmas, Independence Day and 16 others. The House of Representatives reported over the weekend that the bill, which would strengthen the relationship between Filipinos and Chinese/Chinese-Filipinos, has passed a Committee reading and it is on its way to the plenary deliberation.
Despite Rain, Korean Ballet Group Dazzles Crowd
The performance of the Kim In Sook Grand Ballet Company last Saturday night at the Hibiscus Hall of Fiesta Resort and Spa drew over a hundred appreciative spectators, who braved the incessant rain for a night of dance and cultural exchange.
Australian Malaysian Institute To Expand Student Exchange Programme
The Australian Malaysian Institute (AMI), which was set up by the Australian government in 2005 to support and help strengthen ties between Malaysians and Australians, is to expand a student exchange programme now covering only Melbourne.
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