经济全球化对人们的影响
郭明义观后感-王赣骏
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Answer following questions.
“One impact of economic globalisation in Asia
has been the commodification of
people in new
ways.” Do you agree with this claim? In your
answer refer to two
or three countries.
Definition of Globalization
Globalization is an economic phenomenon which
interferes every nation in the world, and world
economy is bonded together with multilateral
institutions, design, manufacturing and sales.
Driven
by political pressure and better
technology, it has accelerated rapidly in recent
decades.(Globalization:Origion, development
and impact, YangBoxu)
History of
Globalization
Nowadays, most people, to some
extent, have accepted the combination of culture
and life, since
globalization is not a new
concept to human beings. Globalization is a
historical process, which can
be traced back
to ancient China. For thousands of years, people
and corporations have been buying
from and
selling to each other in lands from far away, such
as the famous Silk Road across Central
Asia
that connected China and Europe during the middle
ages. In Xihan, Zhang Qian visited the
region
in the northwest of China and other countries in
the Mediterranean. Trade caravans carried
silk
to the northwest. Besides, in the early Ming
Dynasty, Zheng He voyaged down the west ocean
under order. This navigation was beneficial to
China’s development and contributed to the
politic,
economic and cultural relationships
of every country in Asia. In my opinion, the
initial economic
globalization is exchanging
goods, which can be called trade in early time.
Impact of Globalization
Superficially, economic
globalization seems to be too microscopical to
concern to individuals;
however,
substantially, it influences everyone's life in
very subtle ways.
Firstly, the better
technology promotes globalization, conversely,
globalization compels enterprises
to update
their technologies to adapt to the competitive
circumstances. Thus, for common people,
we
must hold a far-sight that we have to improve our
abilities and learn more knowledge in order
that we are able to realize our values when
combating with others.
Secondly,
globalization has materialized through many ways.
One of the most obvious ways is
multilateral
institutions. Such institution, like WTO and EU,
make the trade liberalization come true
in
several specific areas. Therefore, companies in
these areas( such as France, German and Italy)
can benefit from the half or non tariffs,
somewhat, it leads to lower costs. Then more
profits can be
made, so workers from these
countries can get considerable bonus to improve
their living standards.
Another way is that
people from different countries can have more
interaction with each other in a
unified
economic zone. Take EU as a case, EU combined with
25 European countries , has
materialized their
relentless pursuit for the single market, what's
more, commercial activities can be
hold
disregarding borders. The united economy enables
people in different countries to
communicate
more, so people have more choices for their future
careers.
Thirdly, as the economy is
developing, there spings up an overwhelming number
of netizens.
Millions of media buffs now use
blogs, wikis, chat rooms, and personal
broadcasting to add their
voices to a stream
of dialogue and debate on social phenomenon, such
as WenZhang’s scandal, the
Malaysia aircraft
accident. The news travels itself without stop,
just like the non-stoping clock
hand.
But globalization also causes some
negative effects to common people. Globalization
makes the
world economy increasingly bond
together. We benefit from it as well as we share
risks together. for
example, during the
Depression in the US, from 1929to1933, it caused
thousands of workers to lost
their jobs and
numerous people died of starving, which indicates
that facing the inevitable risks
caused by globalization, common
people can hardly do anything but suffer.
As we can see every fast food chain like
McDonalds and KFC is spreading in the developing
world.
It cannot be denied that fast food is
suitable for fast developed country. However,
people are
consuming more junk food from these
joints which has an adverse impact on their
health. Even
some kids take McDonalds and KFC
as fashion or trend. However, they are hurting
themselves
while eating fast food. According
to the record, the number of obese children in the
world is
becoming larger and larger.
As for culture, some Chinese people enjoy
Christmas Day and the western Valentine’s Day,
instead
of Chinese New Year and Qixi-the
Chinese Valentine’s Day. It is normal that
different cultures
collide, which leads to
contradiction. But the problem is whether we
should accept other culture or
keep our own,
since not every collision can evolve into cultural
fusion. And bad aspects of foreign
cultures
are affecting the local cultures through TV and
the Internet.
Furthermore, the benefits
of economic globalization are not universal. The
rich are getting richer
while the poor are
becoming poorer, because developed countries sells
technology and high-tech
product in a very
high price, but poor countries can only sell labor
or sources.
Cause of Globalization
globalization is the demand of society’s
development. Human’s needs and wants are enlarging
gradually. so the existing society cannot
satisfy them. Obviously, the society cannot meet
people’s
needs and wants all the time. They
always require more things than what already
exist, which
propel the society into moving
forward. In a word, Globalization comes into being
in the process of
the society’s development.
Conclusion
The development of
globalization cannot be stopped. But those changes
can be either good or bad.
As we all know, the
society is developing with the principle of
survival of the fittest.(Origion of
species,
Charles Robert Darwin) Therefore, the beneficial
changes can exist among those changes
and continue to push the
development of society. Our world is growing up in
the struggle of
opposite. That is to say, both
contradictions and resolving the contradictions
are indispensable in
our world. In the process
of globalization, humans make efforts to retain
the good aspects and
abandon the bad ones.
In a word, globalization is a double
-edged sword, people should make full use of the
advantages
while avoids the bad effects.
References
(1) The World is
Flat,Thomas L. Friedman
(2) The Post-American
World,Fareed Zakaria
(3) Superclass: The
Global Power Elite and the World They are
Creating,David Rothkopf
(4) A Bull in China:
Investing Profitably in the World's Greatest
Market,Jim Gogers
(5) Wikinomics,Don Tapscott
and Anthony D. Williams
(6)
Globalization:Origion, development and impact,
YangBoxu
(7) Origion of species, Charles
Robert Darwin