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U.S. Election Helping America’s Image Worldwide
The U.S. presidential race, with "the spectacle of democracy at work," is a great thing for America’s image worldwide, and historically has given a boost to U.S. public diplomacy, Nicholas Cull, a professor of public diplomacy, tells America.gov.
Europeans bet big on Obama
This year’s US presidential election has aroused more excitement abroad than perhaps any since 1960, and Senator Barack Obama has inspired the kind of fascination that John Kennedy once did. From racehorses to the Obama bumper stickers I have seen in English country villages to the huge crowds in Berlin (where Mr Obama may have tried a little too obviously to don JFK’s mantle), Europe loves Barack. If the electorate in November were the citizens of the European Union, he would win in a landslide.
With Beijing Olympics Finished, China Needs to Exemplify ‘Harmony’
Now that the festivities have ended, how will China's rising nationalism be channeled? Throughout China, commodity prices are soaring, stock prices are declining, and clashes between citizens and police are growing more frequent. A stagnant economy will light a match to that society's dormant frustrations.
Faster, Higher, Stronger: What the Olympics Means to China’s Women
It may sound ironic, but attitudes, which were prevalent in feudal China, are responsible for the amazing success of Chinese women in the sporting arena today.
Beijing Olympics Highlight Chinese Values
From a cultural perspective, one outstanding achievement of the Beijing Olympics is that it highlighted the basic values of the Chinese people and demonstrated China's moral power, a leading Chinese-American philosopher said.
China Braces For Return to Normality
The Beijing Olympics have been declared "truly exceptional". But after seven years of preparations and a grand event Olympics mania is now dissipating in the Chinese capital.
Learn from the Chinese
In two years’ time, New Delhi will host the Commonwealth Games. The question of whether they will be ready is important. Sports shows are branding exercises. The world sits up and notices when you host a successful sporting event. The Beijing Olympics have been yet more evidence of China’s prowess as an economic power.
A Biblical Seven Years
Olympics don’t change history. They are mere snapshots — a country posing in its Sunday bests for all the world too see. But, as snapshots go, the one China presented through the Olympics was enormously powerful — and it’s one that Americans need to reflect upon this election season.
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