Shen Yun is one of Falun Gong’s culture outreach organisations. It markets its dance performances as a revival of ‘traditional Chinese culture’.
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Hallyu! at the National Museum of Australia comes from London’s V&A. What a pity we’re not focusing more on the history of Korean–Australian cultural exchange.
As the fate of US cultural exchange programs is debated, one foreign policy historian recounts how such programs have made it ‘harder to hate people you really know.’
One student exchange program in the 1970s opened the door for an ongoing cultural exchange.
In a recent two-week tour of China, I was aware of just one major exhibition of foreign art. What does this mean for Australian artists in China?
Germany and England spend around A$4–5 per capita on cultural engagement and diplomacy. We spend 20 cents.
Like Pata-Pata, Homeless and Mbube, the song Jerusalema is elevated by a historical moment in time and has the power to cross over to different audiences.
A new modern art exhibition in Tehran is being promoted as a bracing act of cultural diplomacy. But we should look a little deeper.
Four female koalas have just made their debut in front of an adoring public at Singapore Zoo – the latest in a long line of animals used for diplomatic purposes, going back to Winston the platypus.
By reaching out to Iran, Australia can help end a long stand-off with the West that prevented solutions to many of the world’s most dangerous problems, including Syria’s civil war and Islamic State.
The official result in Indonesia’s presidential election contest between Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto is still some days away, with both claiming victory. But no matter who the next president is, there…
Australia has moved up in the world – to seventh place on the 2013/14 Soft Power Survey published in the December/January issue of Monocle magazine. The Soft Power Survey is conducted yearly by Monocle…
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