Impact Of Globalization In China

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Chinas Economy China has experienced major economic growth in the past forty years, but how did it develop into the economically powerful country that it is today? China has been through many difficulties and complications to get to the place it is at today. China’s government is called the People’s Republic of China and it operates on a socialist market economy. The culture of China is very diverse, it has fifty-six minority groups and many cultures have their own languages. However, the Chinese culture is trying to transition from traditional Chinese culture to a more modernized version of Chinese culture. This switch is causing controversy all over the country. The uniform language of China is Pȗtōnghuà and the Chinese Communist Party
China has recently fallen into an economic slump. Because it is so involved with other countries around the world, this economic slump that China is going through is also affecting the other countries as well. The environment has also been affected negatively by globalization. There are many polluting industries, wastes, ecologically destructive practices, and air and water pollution. The reason this is happening is because people see China as a vastly growing country, corporations and companies want to move there because of the great opportunities they see to grow. Globalization has also impacted Chinese culture in a negative way. Because it is so powerful, the country has a sense of cultural superiority that was once not there. The cultural change started in the 1980’s when a series of reforms was launched. After these reforms were launched tensions emerged in the Chinese culture. China was trying to merge the traditional Chinese culture with the modernized version of Chinese culture. The modernization of Chinese culture has two components, revamping traditional culture and absorbing other civilizations modernization and incorporating them into a new culture. It is very difficult for the Chinese culture to do this because of the massive number of older people that make up the population. Another negative impact of globalization in China deals with the
One side to this is that it positively impacted China. This side believes that globalization is doing great things for China and helping it grow to become a huge powerful county. This side also believes that the economy is booming and the number of jobs is growing greatly. For example, the economic boom that China experienced during the eighties was a result of globalization. The other side to this is that globalization impacted China in a negative way. This side believes that globalization is not helping China grow, but instead it is harming many aspects of Chinese culture. For example, the modernization of the Chinese culture is causing many problems and the environment is suffering greatly from the pollution in the air caused by globalization. Every person has their own stance on globalization and how it has affected China. There is no right or wrong side to this stance. There are many benefits from globalization economically, but globalization has done damage to Chinas culture and environment. Either way, China has been greatly impacted by globalization in many

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