1、The Influence of Cultural Globalization on ChinaThe Influence of Cultural Globalization on ChinaI. IntroductionWith the development of world economy and technology, the world is becoming a mutually connected and dependent web system. This is so called globalization. “Globalization is sometimes inter
2、preted or presented as a trend resulting from technological innovations, and certainly such innovation has fuelled globalization process” (Michie 3). Thus from culture to economy, from politics to law, nearly all these fields are involved in this system. Globalization has become an overwhelming tren
3、d in the world，from the culture point of view, it is cultural globalization. Cultural globalization has not a certain definition. Technology has now created the possibility of global culture. The Internet, fax, satellite, and cable TV are sweeping away cultural boundaries. Cultural globalization sym
4、bolizes that the world culture has entered into a new phase. It is a trend which in the process of capital expanding, the world is linked into one tight combination, every countrys culture in the world would touch, conflict, intercourse, assimilate, and merge. It promotes integration and removes not
5、 only the cultural barriers but also the negative dimensions of culture. It is a vital step towards a more stable world and better lives for the people in it. As the increasing of the social exchange, culture is no longer confined in one nation or state. This makes human beings overstep the confines
6、 of districts or nations. As the largest developing country in the world, China will be influenced profoundly by this trend. There are both opportunity and challenge for China. The positive aspects refer to that the cultural globalization provides the opportunity for China to introduce the foreign a
7、dvanced culture, at the same time, Chinese culture will walk into the world and another chance is to change the Chinese outmoded culture. As we all know, in China the cultural development in different regions are not balanced. So the negative aspects lie in that the cultural globalization deepens th
8、e culture gap between the prosperous areas and the backward regions, another is this trend threatens the Chinese traditional culture. Last but not the least, China also faces the severe challenge of “westernization”. II. The Opportunity for China in Cultural GlobalizationThe aggressive spread of mar
9、ket economy and communication technology, which is often under the control of western multinationals, brings new chances to the local culture and values of China. Sometimes it seems as if a tidal wave is creeping across the globe. “The cultures of all countries and regions interact and integrate to
10、form a united whole”(Tomlinson 21). Cultural globalization brings new opportunities for the cultures of each nation to mingle in creative ways. It also provides us a rare historic chance to catch up with the developed countries. Obviously, China is in this interrelated and interdependent system. A.
11、To Learn Foreign Advanced CultureChina is a country with a long history and cultural tradition. Since the founding of the PRC in 1949, the Chinese government has established the socialist culture in the dominant position. During the Cultural Revolution, the socialist culture of China experienced a d
12、eep crisis. It brought the Chinese government to adopt the reform and opening-up policies after 1978, which concerned both economic and cultural areas. The new policies, however, dont mean to shake the dominant position of socialist culture in China. As a matter of fact, The Chinese government spare
13、s no effort to consolidate the dominant position of socialist culture.Since the reform and opening up of China, the transformation of economic system has brought the division and reorganization of interests in our society; it has caused considerable changes in economy, politics, culture, and other f
14、ields of peoples life, especially in culture. Then people do not think that “foreign” is the synonym of danger, Chinese people began to accept the new foreign things, and then the cultural barrier has been broken down between China and the foreign countries. The world culture resources would spread
15、all over the world and the opportunity would come out for introducing the advanced culture. The emerged external culture has also accelerated the cultural modernization of China. Some concepts and ideas such as law, science, democracy, and innovation are introduced from the foreign countries. If it
16、seems that life in the West become a fast-forward blur，consider Chain. In just 20 years, since market forces were unleashed by economic reforms, life for many urban Chinese has changed drastically. A recent survey of 12 major cities showed that 97 percent of the respondents had televisions and 88 pe
17、rcent had refrigerators and washing machines. Another study reveals that farmers are eating 48 percent more meat each year and 400 percent more fruit. Shanghai as one of the largest city in China has long been open to the West, in a decade scores of gleaming new skyscrapers have shot up to crowd and
18、 jostle the skyline, cramp the narrow wilding streets. On the streets the women are dressed in bright colors, and many carry several shopping bags, especially on the Nanjing Road, which is lined with boutiques and malls. In “The Year of France in China”, France presents diverse expressions of French
19、 culture to China, especially various art forms such as oil painting, sketch woodcut, sculpture and even drama. The exhibition has given artistic enjoyment to the Chinese art lovers and enhances their understanding of the French culture. At the same time it provided a valuable learning opportunity t
20、o meet the French culture in a spirit of sharing and dialogue. It is the second part of the France-China Exchange Years organized on the initiative of the presidents of the two countries. It is helpful for the two countries to develop a global partnership. Also “The Year of France in China” could in
21、crease the mutual understanding of both countries and introduce the century-old and romantic French culture to the Chinese. They are extremely enriching Chinese peoples thinking and cultural views. In the process of cultural globalization, we are able to make more and better use of foreign advanced
22、culture so as to speed up the cultural development of China.B. To Export the Chinese Culture On the one hand, foreign advanced culture is introducing to China gradually, on the other hand, China also is making contributions to the world in many aspects, certainly including culture ones. As we learn
23、the external cultures, we may export the Chinese culture to the outside world, because in the era of multicultural interaction and coexistence, Chinese culture not only keeps the blooming vitality, but also becomes part of the worlds wealth, it also promotes different cultures to contact and interch
24、ange. China has a very long history and a large amount of splendid culture, which dated back to the ancient times. Chinese culture has made tremendous contributions to the civilization of the mankind. We know this year is “The Year of China in Russia”. The Chinese President HuJintao took part in the
25、 opening ceremony of the Chinese National Exhibition at the Crocus Expo exhibition center in Moscow. Once he addressed that the exhibition, which was one of the most significant events to be held during “The Year of China in Russia”, have shown the splendid culture and history of China, and also hav
26、e reflected the achievements and successes of Chinas reform and opening up policy. Some famous paintings, beautiful china vases were shown on the ceremony. The Russian would know more about the culture of China. Therefore culture promotes the cooperation in various fields and strengthens the people
27、to people contact between the countries and further revitalizes the growth of relations between China and Russia. In “The Year of France in China”, it also provided a valuable learning opportunity to meet the two countries to develop a global partnership and increase the mutual understanding of both
28、 countries and introduce the cines culture to French, they are extremely enriching French peoples thinking to China. All of this proved that all human civilization should be shared among each nation, it is necessary for Chinese people to introduce the Chinese cultural values to the outside world. Me
29、anwhile, more and more foreigners begin to know the excellent Chinese culture. C. To Abandon the Outmoded Culture During the five thousand years, some kinds of culture still exist that are no longer useful for our country development, and we call them dross, such as the feudal superstition. To some
30、extent the feudal survivals are prevailing in many places of our country, the broad existence of them plays a widespread negative inertia on our socialist modernization. If they do no harm to the socialist culture of China, the Chinese government will tolerate them; if they are conflicting with the
31、socialist culture of China, the Chinese government will try to eliminate their influence as much as possible. The socialist culture is considered the core of cultural rights by Chinese leaders. They will defend this cultural right under any circumstances. In the new century, some of the feudal survi
32、vals even bind peoples mentality. Therefore, it is the necessary and urgent task to clean them up, clearing them away on the one hand can help us to carry out the political system reform as well as social political reform, and on the other hand it helps to establish the spiritual civilization and pr
33、omote the social coordinate development.China is the largest developing country in the world and it has different national conditions from other nations. As the cultural intercourse become more and more extensive and frequent, some opinions in our mind have been found to be outmoded. For instance, the word “modest”, one of its meanings is “having or sh
