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A century ago, the rise of Germany and the fear it created in Britain led to world war. Some analysts predict a similar fate from the rise of China and the fear that is creating in the United States.

The 2010 World Expo may be coming to a close but the ideas it has provided over the past six months are “invaluable” to tackling some of today's biggest challenges, including rapid urbanization, climate change and sustainable development, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in Shanghai on Sunday.

Secretary General of the International Exhibitions Bureau, Vicente Gonzalez Loscertales, discusses the Expo as a platform for public diplomacy, and gives a sneak preview of the Expos in the coming years.

Hillary Clinton is back in Vietnam, again. This is the secretary of state's second visit in four months, itself following a high-level visit two weeks ago by Robert Gates, U.S. secretary of defense. This time Clinton is in town for the East Asia Summit.

October 29, 2010

A view of the national pavilion of China and Chinese provinces pavilion.

US-based think tank Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has advised US President Barack Obama, who will be visiting India next weekend, that “India should be valued in its own right, not as a partner in containing China.”

China is expanding its military reach by sending, for the first time, a marine unit of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to train with another country in an upcoming exercise with Thailand's armed forces.

CPD University Fellow Jay Wang was featured in two Nation Branding blog articles on the Expo Shanghai 2010 research project.

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