Friday, September 30, 2005

It seems like the Olympics are a big deal to the Chinese. The Chinese feel they have been vindicated/recognized. Will China/Beijing just change due to the Olympics? What will happen afterwards? The consensus is that we have reached a "point of no return." China, indeed many Asian countries, has now embarked on a course of modernization, capitalism, and consumerism that can't be turned back. And don't we all deserve a "piece of the pie?" Is the American Dream a dream deserved solely for America or do others get to take a bite...? As to the issue of identity, we are all strangers somewhere or at some point in our lives. Globalization practically guarantees that we are all going to face this issue sooner or later. Mukul Khurana

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