{"id":18696,"date":"2025-12-11T16:10:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=18696"},"modified":"2025-12-11T16:10:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:10:40","slug":"singapore-exhibition-a-new-model-for-cultural-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=18696","title":{"rendered":"Singapore exhibition: A new model for cultural diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">MEXICO CITY \u2013 Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam\u2019s recent state visit to Mexico set the stage for the formal announcement of a Singapore embassy there in 2026. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">But more understated on his four-day work trip was a Dec 3 pit stop at the Colegio de San Ildefonso in Mexico City\u2019s historic centre, where he had a more unusual mission: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/life\/arts\/president-tharman-shanmugaratnam-opens-landmark-acm-and-national-gallery-show-in-mexico-city?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">to open a culture and art exhibition.<\/p>\n<p><\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"tags-test-id\">\n<p><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Mexico\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Mexico<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled 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