雅思范文：Going global

Going global

It’s almost impossible for people nowadays to image what our life would be if we are not in a process that is called globalization. The great economists have already figured out the benefits brought by international trade which is part of going global, and we have to admit this even from real life experience if you know the coffee in your cap is from Vietnam. Thanks to global community, you can get the Australian oatmeal and black tea of Sri Lanka just from the supermarket’s shelves of your neighborhood. And don’t forget why Julian Assange, an ordinary individual, enraged Washington? Obviously it’s because thousands of people just like you can get the secrets of authorities conveniently from the global internet.

Though it brings us such a lot of advantages, there still have some people who accuse of and oppose globalization. Their reasons concentrate on the diversity of culture which seems to diminish during the progress. So if we can’t ignore either of the cultural impacts and economy utility, w e’d better combined them when re-evaluate going global.

Toward a definition of globalization

In order to better understand each point of view and to access Kofi Annan’s statement, “It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity.”We need to explain what is globalization and compare different definitions to have a neutral and general definition on which everybody agrees.

The term globalization should be used to refer to a set of social processes that are thought to transform our present social condition into one of globality. At its core, then, globalization is about shifting forms of human contact.

Global culture: sameness or difference?

Does globalization make people around the world more alike or more different? This is the question most frequently raised in discussion on the subject of cultural globalization. Apparently, global culture homogeneity has immensely enriched the lives of the denizens in developing countries. For instance, now Hollywood blockbusters typically get their first screening in China within a couple of days after their American premiere and youths in China can download singles topping billboard charts from the internet without having to scout around in a CD store. Enhance TV connectivity affords Chinese viewers chances to see primetime American TV shows. This ease of access to a multitude of foreign amusements has really brightened up the lives of many. Conversely, the global cultural sameness severely undermines the cultural diversity in the world. Nowhere is the decline of cultural diversity more manifest than with the youngsters. Today，In Chinese metropolises, it is a common sight that twenty-some things stroll down the billboard-lined sidewalks，sporting Nike sweatshirts and Adidas sneakers，with Motorola cell phones in their hands and Apple’s ipod clipped on their belts. And it is equally commonplace that adolescents. whose hair is dyed yellow or purple, don their baggy outfits and bust moves to hip-hop music. All these seem just so pretentious for a culture that valued modesty, humility and moderation for over three thousand years. In the second place, indiscriminate embracing of the American popular culture diminished the sense of pride and dignity of developing-country peoples. Traditions, rituals, mores and the languages of a culture are all unifying forces of a nation and the decline of them erodes the national identity and national pride of a country. Lastly, cultural westernization breeds massive unemployment in entertainment, publishing and design industries of developing countries. The inundation by foreign products drives local business out of the market and renders vast numbers of professionals jobless.

Economic opportunities of globalization on developing countries:

With the process of economic globalization, many countries and regions have strengthened cooperation and liaison in the fields of industry, agriculture, trade and finance. In order to dedicate to the mutual development, many developed countries spare no effort to help the poor countries by means of technological, medical and financial aid, which, to my mind, is quite essential to the development of the world.

First, economic globalization for developing countries to attract more foreign investment conditions and opportunities. To attract foreign investment scale will no doubt help to solve the problem of shortage of funds in developing countries.

Second, economic globalization for developing countries outside of the capital voted to create a favorable external environment and conditions, so that foreign direct investment scale is continually expanding and growing fast.

Third, economic globalization brought about a worldwide economic and technological development zones and bonded areas and free trade zones and other forms of development of free economic zones.

Fourth, the economic globalization so that the worldwide industrial restructuring was further deepened, the pace of increase. Developing countries can take advantage of this opportunity to follow based on reality and focus on the future of the organic unity and take the initiative to coordinate the worldwide industrial restructuring and upgrading of domestic industries relationship.

Fifth, economic globalization has promoted the development of transnational corporations in developing countries so that in the world market gradually. However, the development trend, as a result of economic globalization for developing countries in the broader field of active participation in international competition opportunities for transnational corporations in developing countries more actively active in the world economic stage of the era just around the corner.

Sixth, the economic globalization has driven the rapid development of international trade. Although developed countries are the biggest beneficiaries of international trade, but developing countries, especially developing countries in Asia also benefited from international trade, its trade volume of world trade accounted for about 20% of the total.

From the perspective of my own, it is a daunting task to write a short ,accessible introduction to such a complex topic as “globalization” , this challenge becomes even more formidable in a thesis.

I argue that there is nothing wrong with greater manifestations of social interdependence that emerge as a result of globalization. However, these transformative social processes must challenge the current oppressive structure of global apartheid that divides the world into a privileged North and a disadvantaged South. If that happens, globalization will have ushered in a truly democratic and egalitarian global order.