A Modern Myth – The Case of China

Abstract

In the article we argue that the negative influence of globalization on national culture and aesthetics is exaggerated and contradicted by facts, for in reality negative and positive consequences of globalization coexist, not the least because different political systems in different countries and regions within these countries respond differently. China has a long history of strong assimilation capability but this does not signify that it cannot become an object of assimilation. In author’s view both global Americanization and global Sinicization are unsubstantiated modern myths. Globalization and anti-globalization resemble the spear and the shield, for they are a union of opposites of each other in search of self-development. For a small, weak and defensless nation appropriating globalization signifies assimilation. For China it means a multicultural reordering with the Chinese culture as its main corpus.