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"A process of rapid economic integration driven by the liberalisation of trade, investment and capital flows and by rapid technological change." |
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When one take a walk along China’s famous Yangzi River, towns are being deconstructed. Credits: (Pictures) http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/three_gorges_dam.jpg http://www.globaleye.org.uk/secondary_spring04/eyeon/mac.jpg http://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2007/0701/starbucks_china0126.jpg Labels: James
Globalisation of China's Culture
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Three Gorges DamGlobalisation of China's culture
They are being relocated to higher ground so as to accommodate the Three Gorges Dam. Lives are broken apart and put back together higher up the river. This is just a small section of China which is in transition. In fact, many parts of China are going through the same process. A modern China is being built up, a globalised China. As the Three Gorges Dam is built up, history is lost; culture is lost in place of modernization, development and advancement.
Duck intestine, fish skin, fried fritters and Peking duck are just some of the wide variety of Chinese delicacies. Yet today, KFC, McDonalds and Pizza hut fill every corner of the streets. Western has become the new culture. The people in China pay higher prices for Western food, watch western movies, and wear westernized clothing. They view anything from the West as “cool” and fashionable and try to follow their trends.
China, like the rest of the world, faces the challenge to retain its own cultural identity and national characteristics despite the homogenizing tendencies of globalization.
