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

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Globaliaztion McDonaldization fast food

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The American burger chain McDonald's is to open a restaurant and McCafe in the Louvre museum next month
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This is the pinnacle of exhausting consumerism, deficient gastronomy and very unpleasant odours in the context of a museum
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This is the last straw
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McDonald's is hardly the height of gastronomy
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Starbucks was bad enough but McDonald's is worse
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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 ?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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 ?</div>

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Stirring tale of dancer who emerged from Mao's shadow - Film - Entertainment - 1 views

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Australian movie China Dance

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This image was imprinted in our minds
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This was my bible
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this was the book that my life should have been following. This man was our god who had saved us from hell! But when I went to America everything contained in this thing - the beliefs, the ideologies - all crumbled right in front of me. I realised I was really the victim of an incredible cultural brainwashing
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Blaze Yau on 02 Oct 09

A very good Australian film 'Mao's Last Dancer'. The main character(real one) is now living in Melbourne as a stockbroker. I think the film successfully highlights the contradiction between Communist China and America. Should go and see it.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A very good Australian film 'Mao's Last Dancer'. The main character(real one) is now living in Melbourne as a stockbroker. I think the film successfully highlights the contradiction between Communist China and America. Should go and see it.</div>

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Microsoft apologises for changing race in photo - 0 views

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ethnic globalization

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Microsoft Corporation is apologising for altering a photo on its website to change the race of one of the people shown in the picture
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on the website of Microsoft's Polish business unit, the black man's head has been replaced with that of a white man
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Poland's ethnic homogeneity may have played a role in changing the photo
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Blaze Yau on 27 Aug 09

Microsoft changed race in photo for no reason.

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'Slip carefully!' : Shanghai tackles bad English before expo - 0 views

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The Shanghai government, along with neighbouring Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces
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standardise signs and eliminate notoriously bad, and sometimes amusing, English translations.
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A malfunctioning online translation tool may have helped a restaurant named "Translate server error"
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Last year a city-wide inspection by Shanghai's Language Affairs Commission found that more than one in 10 signs had incorrect translations
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Beijing ran a similar campaign in preparation for last year's Olympics.
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Blaze Yau on 27 Aug 09

Lost in translation?

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One task at a time the only way to get things done - 0 views

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One task at a time the only way to get things done San Francisco August 27, 2009 MULTITASKING is a bane not a blessing
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Blaze Yau on 27 Aug 09

Multitasking is not a good way to do your things.

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China upgrades palace of Dalai Lamas - 0 views

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national identity China Tibet

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Blaze Yau on 26 Aug 09

China says the project is part of its plan to promote Tibetan culture and language in the region as it develops its economy, of which tourism forms a major part.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">China says the project is part of its plan to promote Tibetan culture and language in the region as it develops its economy, of which tourism forms a major part.</div>

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Shanghai declares war on Engrish - 0 views

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Blaze Yau on 26 Aug 09

The city don't want to lose face over the mistranslations and mistakes during 2010 World Expo.

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The 12 most annoying types of Facebookers - CNN.com - 0 views

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Blaze Yau on 25 Aug 09

Which type of Facebooker are you?

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