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Globalization's effects on the way people live, play, and learn is difficult to measure but readily apparent in almost all societies across the globe. While McDonald's and Coca-Cola offer standardized products worldwide, food habits are not the only thing affected by our growing interconnectedness. Printed images, movies, books, and ideas have traversed the globe through satellite television and the Internet as well as with travelers and businesspeople. In the process, exposure to news ways of life and ways of thinking have brought about a degree of convergence of norms and attitudes on everything from fashion to human rights. But it has also provoked challenge from traditional cultures and often led to fusion of many influences. The following articles have been assembled to shed light on these and other related issues.




Howard W. French and Edward Wong
The New York Times, 16 May 2008
Strong nations do not hesitate to accept help from others

Magda El-Ghitany
Al-Ahram Weekly, 7 May 2008
Technology makes political protests easy for the young

China Ascendant – Part III Wenran Jiang
YaleGlobal, 30 April 2008
Success invites scrutiny and warrants wisdom and benevolence

Susan Jacoby
The Los Angeles Times, 23 April 2008
Opposing views sharpen the human intellect – and should be welcomed

Who Owns the Past? James Cuno
YaleGlobal, 21 April 2008
Antiquities from great cultures belong to humanity, not nation states that emerged centuries later

Gordon Fairclough and Stacy Meichtry and Alistair MacDonald and David Crawford
The Wall Street Journal, 10 April 2008
Police guard Olympic torch and China’s image with ferocity

Eduardo Porter
The New York Times, 3 April 2008
Racial barriers block US social spending

Taiwan’s Success Could Show the Way for Tibet Humphrey Hawksley
YaleGlobal, 31 March 2008
Economic ties and regional democracy could ease Taiwan and Tibet as touchy issues for China

Markus Feldenkirchen
Spiegel Online, 25 March 2008
Building ethnic communities in new locales requires careful planning and communication

Richard Garner
The Independent, 19 March 2008
Debate flares over a history that’s only five years in the making

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