PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN THE NEWS

"Public Diplomacy in the News" is CPD's regular aggregation of news articles and opinion pieces on public diplomacy from sources around the world

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MAY 8, 2008
The Chinese Student Frontline in PRC’s Olympic Public Diplomacy
The Huffington Post
When the term public diplomacy is raised in the US, it's usually in terms of the influence of an American voice in winning hearts and minds abroad. Rarely is there a useful examination of the US as a target for public diplomacy (nor is there much attention to the public diplomacy of other countries).  Read more...

MAY 8, 2008
Public diplomacy
The Daily Star
Public diplomacy has assumed importance in the 21st century in promoting the image of the country. The United States has attached high importance to it because of its (US's) shattered image around the world. The United States has a problem in far too many parts of the world.
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MAY 8, 2008
Franco-African relations: Who is tired of whom?
Daily Nation Online (Kenya)
Gone are the days when the greatest dream of Francophone artistes, intellectuals, students and politicians was a trip to Paris or settling there. Le Monde, one of the leading French newspapers broke the story, which was based on reports filed to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs by its diplomats. Their common thread? France’s image in Africa is “very tarnished.”  Read more...

MAY 8, 2008
Young Video Makers Try to Alter Islam’s Face
The New York Times
Mr. Ardekani is among the most visible of a new wave of young American Muslim performers and filmmakers trying to change the public face of their religion. His most popular video posting — “Who Hijacked Islam?” — has garnered more than 350,000 hits on YouTube since July 2006...These video pioneers’ arena of choice is mostly YouTube and similar Web sites, which young Muslims extol as a new way to take their arguments public. The role model is Bill Cosby, who young Muslim filmmakers believe changed the perception of African-Americans by depicting them as ordinary.  Read more...

MAY 8, 2008
Kazakhstan seeks identity on the big screen
The Christian Science Monitor
If the satirical movie "Borat" spoofed an entire nation, then "Mongol" was a decent counterpunch...But "Mongol" was more than a big-budget Genghis Khan biopic, says Gulnara Sarsenova, the perfume and cosmetics magnate who helped bankroll the $23 million production. It also aimed to bolster the self-respect of a traditionally nomadic people aggressively Russified during 70 years of Soviet domination.   Read more...

MAY 8, 2008
US keen to hold youth conference in Qatar
The Peninsula On-line
The US government is eager to collaborate with the Qatar Foundation in hosting a conference for its Youth Exchange and Study Program (Yes) alumni. Visiting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Goli Ameri (pictured), said yesterday on the sidelines of an International Visitor Program that the focus is to keep the alumni more engaged.  Read more...

MAY 8, 2008
Concert may signal warming ties between pope, China
USA Today
The China Philharmonic Orchestra performed for Pope Benedict XVI in a landmark concert Wednesday that could indicate warming relations between Beijing and the Vatican. Benedict called it a "truly unique event" and offered a "thank you" in Chinese at the end of the hour-long concert.  Read more...

MAY 7, 2008
Doha Calling
Baltimore City Paper
Unfortunately, it's not likely that most Baltimoreans--most Americans, for that matter--will ever see the Al Jazeera English story about Baltimore. It's possible that most won't ever watch the network at all. Because, even though it has a large and active bureau in Washington, and it's available in most other English-speaking nations in the world outside of North America, no major cable or satellite carriers in the United States includes Al Jazeera English's programming.  Read more...

MAY 7, 2008
American and German students take cross-ocean class on the Holocaust
The Christian Science Monitor
Kollodzeiski and her fellow students are participating in an ocean-crossing class developed at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y....While it is billed as simply a multidisciplinary, multicountry course exploring how the Holocaust is variously remembered and memorialized in these countries, the class offers a prism into the different ways Americans and Germans bear the atrocities of the past and how this informs their understanding of conflicts today.   Read more...

MAY 7, 2008
Chinese President Hu’s visit to Japan boosts warming trend
The Christian Science Monitor
During his five-day trip, which started Tuesday, Hu is expected to meet Japanese Emperor Akihito, and play ping-pong and hold summit talks with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, who visited Beijing in December. Hu is scheduled to speak at Waseda University in Tokyo, visit a Chinese school in Yokohama, and perhaps offer a new panda to replace the long-beloved Ling Ling, who died last week.  Read more...

MAY 7, 2008
Burma’s Katrina moment
The Christian Science Monitor
The contrast with Indonesia's response to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami could not be more stark. There, after 220,000 people were killed by a giant wave, an elected president welcomed massive outside assistance, including vital aid from the American Navy, with little fear of foreign meddling. Burma's despots must now be told by the rest of the world that extreme self-sufficiency and isolation is no way to run a modern country.  Read more...

MAY 6, 2008
Overseas Education More Attainable for Chinese Students
VOA News
A record number of Chinese students are expected to study abroad this year, as more and more apply for visas to attend universities in the United States, Europe and Australia. Many students say they want an overseas degree to help them compete in China's tough job market.  Read more...

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