Co-Author: Sam Schneider

Hundreds of visitors came to the exhibition from where they not only had a brief knowledge of the history of the diplomatic relationship between China and Bangladesh, but also felt the confidence that China and Bangladesh relations will have a bright future.

"The whole world knows about the Silk Route, the Amber Road, but what about the Galleon Trade? For more than 250 years, the Philippines was the center of the world, with Asian, European and Latin American goods being traded on its very soil," the [National Commission for Culture and the Arts] said.

Former Ewha Womans University President Lee Bae-yong on Tuesday was named the new chair of the Presidential Council on Nation Branding. The 63-year-old former aide to President Lee Myung-bak was appointed to the minister-level post to replace Euh Yoon-dae, who had to leave the post after becoming chairman of KB Financial Group Inc. in June.

Seen as up and coming superpower, China seems to elicit the attention of Jordanians in an assortment of fields. Believing that language is the key to understanding a nation, Jordanians are showing more eagerness to learn Chinese at the several centres that have opened in the past few years. Each has his reasons, but business considerations seem to prevail.

After participating in the 65th session of the U.N. General Assembly, RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian arrived in Boston, MA. He visited the Armenian Heritage Park. Next year, a memorial to Armenian Genocide victims is to be completed there.

Iranian artists show what it's 'like to be human in everyday Iran' in an exhibit that has been shown in Tehran, Paris, and now Beirut. Six young Iranian artists delve into themes of repression, identity, and abstracted realities in a multifaceted exhibition titled “Under the Radar.”

India is considering introducing the teaching of Mandarin in state schools... According to Chinese diplomats, India responded tepidly to a proposal by Beijing to establish Confucius Institutes, which teach Chinese, in the country’s main centres of learning.