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China Voices 4: East meets West (When cultures collide)
As readers will know, I, myself hold strong views on the influence that western culture has had on China, and I have often criticized western countries for promoting their own cultures in China, and the Chinese people for taking on too many western airs, many of which I see as being out of place in an Asian society, and many of which I believe to be harmful to China's traditional cultures.
Saying this though, as you will also know, I am both bias (having seen the negative consequences brought about by the assimilation of American traits, and lax western mores, into my own culture) and not wholly qualified to speak on the subject by virtue of not being a mainland Chinese.
So, to counterbalance my own bias, not to mention [entering sarcasm mode] 'the wicked propaganda being spread by western imperialists' [exciting sarcasm mode], I am proud to present the opinions of a young Chinese man with something to say on the topic at hand.
Frankly, I'm not going to post anything on this website about any podcaster
other than their sex and their generic id as a businessman student etc.
I agree that China should not rid itself entirely of its traditional
culture, arts, customs, etc, but I would argue that China's traditional
culture and value system was gutted in the previous century and it is very
difficult to reclaim it. The transformation of Chinese culture has been
internally imposed more than it has been imported from the west. Western
culture is the only viable alternatively to fill the void. Secondly,
China's ambition to be an international "player" and a modern nation
ecourages the acceptance of international norms, often to the exclusion of
traditional culture. Finally, there is certainly value in different parts
of the traditional culture, but no one can deny that the cultural,
scientific, technological, artistic, etc. imports that China has received
from the west are tremendously valuable, and were it not for these things,
the economic progress of modern China would not exist.