France's identity politics

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20070420a1.html

In the recent french presidency elections, the topic of national identity was brought up by electorial candidate, Sarkozy(now, president of france).

National identity which transcends race, religion and origin is being threatened by globalization.
As different ideas and values spread across Europe in amazing speed, the national identity is constantly under attacked by this circulation of ideas across the world, causing much uncertainty in Europe. American dominance and growing Asian influence has also undermine France's position in the world. Therefore, it is difficult and requires much effort to keep this notion of national identity upbeat and convincing.

The idea of nation and national pride and identity is sometimes being mocked at. The is backed up by arguments that globalisation is takes precendence and countries should be concern about global politics, rather than focusing on the local sector.

Today, the world is taken over by globalisation and national politics is magnified on a global scale. National identity, perhaps not regard as utmost importance in the globalised world, is still crucial in shaping our belonging and loyalty of our country. Hence, efforts in creating national identity should not be toned down. Instead, it should require more effort as before as forging a national identity is getting harder in our globalised world.

~xiu wen~

The End of Socialism in Europe (politics)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeremi-suri/the-end-of-socialism-in-e_b_47795.html

Socialism, once a popular political choice in Europe, is now on the verge of declination.
The death of socialism as a race of conformity.

Socialist parties today, do not seem to have a great impact on political issues and decisions. Sarkozy's defeated opponent, Segolene Royal, represented the most prominent socialist party, which did not challenge presidency in france since the cold war. This highlight how far Europeans have departed from their strong socialist traditions.

Socialism was part of the European political culture in the twentieth century. However, in the case of the United States, socialism never flourished.

After the cold war, United States emerged as a super power. With its economic status, the US also influence various political ideas. "Globalization, in this sense, has meant a transatlantic shift away from the politics of equality to the politics of the market." Politics in Europe, due to the emphasis in globalisation, focus on economic benefits, rather than state well-being. With US in the lead in economic status, countries, in order not to fall behind, change their tatics in politics, which would ensure economic growth.

As people laments the loss of socialism ideology in Europe, through globlisation, other forms of political ideas spread throughout Europe. The US, which advocates freedom and democracy, spreads these ideas across Europe, as well as other parts of the world. In a sense, there is not a situation which both sides would benefits.

the globe in your pocket; Zap Tech

our phones are getting smaller and smaller, yet there are more and more things we can find in it. dictionaries of many languages have appeared in out phones, the same models as those you can find in Japan or America. the world wide web is now available on our phones, and information is at our disposal. phones, one of the rapidly advancing technologies in the world, have let us become the owner of vast amounts of knowledge. INSTANTLY. in built with communication systems, this shows one of the more effective forms of globalistation. it is seemingly shrinking the world as it lets us communicate with foriegn countries, as well as gather resource from the mass of information that is called the internet. people from other parts of the world such as Japan and Korea rely on their phones for a variety of things. one example is the new Zap Technology, which allows us to take a photo of a picture with coloured squares so as to download content from the internet. available in japan and korea, it recently entered singapore. globalisation is at work, and soon more innovative technologies will sprout to further shrink the world.

Zapping away, Glen. technology expert. so called.

globalisation within the game

games are a part of everyone's lives in the world of today. where ever you look (except in school of course), when ever you look, there will be someone close, playing electronic games on their handphones, potrable consoles, or even on sitting next to you in MacDonalds playing games on their laptops. did you ever wonder where all these games come from? international companies create and design games and release it to the world to play. games such as pinball for example are not the everyday games you play in singapore. but thanks to great influence and exposure to in-built Windows games, pinball is familiar with Windows users throughout the world. onlin games such as the ever famous Maple Story, have people from different countries spreading culture and language. standardised "game language" is created and internet jargon emerges. various acronyms such as "glhf" (good luck, have fun) and "gg"(good game) are known to gamers all around the world. and since the standard language for most of these international games is english, it is obvious that globalistation also occurs with the help of online portals and games!

once again investigated by your friendly neighbourhood tech-man, Glen

Plastic Surgery?

notice how many girls all over the world nowadays want plastic surgery ? whether or not it is to improve their nose, their faces, and even unsatisfactory "assets" as we call them. well technology is advancing, and it is getting cheaper and cheaper to get plastic surgery. Botox injections are so widely available in other countries such as the USA and Korea that many females are turning to that alternative for face lifts. now lets see it my point of view. we all feel the need to look good, to impress or otherwise. however if we all think a certain "look" is good and turn to plastic surgery to achieve it, then wont alot of us look the same? bringing us to the concept of globalisation, much individuality is erased. ill give an example. dont most of us think that pudgy noses are undesireable? so if people with pudgy noses are given the choice to have plastic surgery, their noses would all look alike, making their faces look more alike, therefore erasing identity!

brought to you by your favourite technological guy, Glen

positive impacts of economy globalization-wenqi

The globalization, mean the countries all over the world surmount the national boundaries, in the interdependence of various fields of economic, political, cultural and social life, fair play, the objective process of the common development and inexorable trend. The developing countries, depending on World Bank and generally acknowledged concept of the United Nations are: Comparatively speaking, economy still in develops most people still poor country. Favorable to developing country while being, mean promoting the economic growth of developing countries, steady politics and culture are prosperous. As to political, on one hand globalization has strengthened the international dependence, make politics interfere, especially intervene through use of force in international and domestic and more and more unpopular, make the peace become possible; On the other hand, globalization in require of various countries government the function is strengthened in making decision and macro-control too, first, the economic globalization has offered condition and chance of absorbing the foreign capitals for developing country. If the developing countries short of fund want to develop, he is keeping an empty pan, without fund input, how could work out the sumptuous meal of this of economy? Second, it has turned developing countries and brought advanced technology and method in the whole world that economic. The statistics show, technological innovation and 95% of the world technological transfer of 80% of developing country all come from the main carriers globalized --Transnational enterprises. Third, the economic globalization has stimulated the economic growth of developing countries. The economics theory tells us, the economic growth regards technology and fund as the main key element, and regard enlargement of the market as support.

Economic globalization in Asia-wenqi

Asia has been home to only one developed country, Japan, and only a handful of countries and regions in East Asia have realized economic modernization. There would be no modernization of Asia if China and Indian, which together account for two thirds of Asia’s total population, failed to modernize their economies. On the other hand, economic modernization in China and India will greatly fuel modernization processes in their neighboring countries, considering either country has a colossal domestic market and the ability to power economic growth in neighboring regions. This has already been proved by the case of China. Vigorous demand in China, No.3 importer in the world, has considerably stimulated economic growth in other Asian countries, especially those in South Asia. Likewise, increase of India’s demand will also drive economic growth in South Asia and other parts of Asia.
Without the development of China and India, economic globalization is unlikely to happen. Economic globalization is closely related to and contingent upon economic modernization of developing countries. As the largest developing countries in the world, while the GDP of China and India only represents 4 percent and 2 percent of the world’s total respectively, their total population accounts for nearly 40 percent of the entire global population. Thus either country’s failure in modernization would lead to breaking a link in the chain of economic globalization, putting a halt to the whole process. In contrast, if China and India could realize modernization earlier than expected, the whole process of economic globalization would be accelerated and the world economy would be well placed to embrace prosperity.