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Blaze Yau

Fries with your Mona Lisa? Big Macs move on Louvre - 0 views

www.theage.com.au/...e-on-louvre-20091005-gjdo.html

Globaliaztion McDonaldization fast food

shared by Blaze Yau on 05 Oct 09 - Cached
  • The American burger chain McDonald's is to open a restaurant and McCafe in the Louvre museum next month
  • This is the pinnacle of exhausting consumerism, deficient gastronomy and very unpleasant odours in the context of a museum
  • This is the last straw
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  • McDonald's is hardly the height of gastronomy
  • Starbucks was bad enough but McDonald's is worse
  • Blaze Yau on 05 Oct 09
     
    Such an interesting news which reminds me the news between the Imperial Palace of China and starbucks. Please google 'Starbucks in the Forbidden City' if you want to know further. Someone argue that Starbucks in the Imperial Palace is not embodying Westernization or Globalization but eroding the Chinese traditional culture. The issue of Mcdonald in Louvre gives me a similar feeling although they are not exactly the same. Should we remain our own traditional culture without any modern symbol ?
Rika Ninomiya

QANTAS eyes Malaysia | The Australian - 0 views

www.theaustralian.news.com.au/...0,,24824650-20142,00.html

globalization cultural imperialism hybridization Qantas

shared by Rika Ninomiya on 22 Aug 09 - Cached
  • QANTAS may pursue Malaysia Airlines following the demise of the Australian carrier's $8 billion merger plans with British Airways.
  • Qantas had wanted majority ownership in the deal, reflecting its bigger market value, but BA was not prepared to become a junior partner.
  • faced a number of significant hurdles
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  • Malaysia Airlines, run by savvy ex-petroleum industry executive Idris Jala, appeared the most likely partnership option in Asia
  • merger with Singapore Airlines, often touted as a good match, was unlikely because of questions of control and potential competition issues
  • He believed another possibility often raised, Cathay Pacific, was also unlikely, as were Thai Airways, Garuda, Philippine Airlines and the Chinese carriers.
  • However, he did not rule out a possible partnership with another European carrier or Japan Airlines in the longer term.
  • Rika Ninomiya on 22 Aug 09
     
    The article talks about Qantas's pursue of Malaysian Airline and other foreign airlines to merge with them. By merging with other major airline, Qantas is hoping to operate in more places which would help increase their market share in the world.
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