Globalization and Global Risks Some thoughts based on The World is Flat

Abstract

China’s ancient Silk Road will not succeed without Malaysia. At that time, the main commodity circulating on the Silk Road was tea,which was difficult to preserve and expensive. Good thing was Malaysia had the best tin mine.Tea and tin have made the Silk Road a reality: without tin, the tea trade will not be popular; on the other hand, Malaysia will not be world-famous without the Silk Road and will become the leading country in the production of tin. This is the trade. It is an expansion of economic activities across political and boundaries of nation states. Besides, globalization creates conditions for widening international exchanges, strengthening mutual understanding between nations, expanding cultural, education, and scientific cooperation, enjoying the cultural treasures of people around the world which encourages the process of modernization and enrichment of national culture.

Today, in the era of globalization. It is changing our world and affecting every nation, society and even every individual. In the face of the tide of globalization, globalization with its immense power, involved almost all ethnic groups and become global players. When globalization swells the world with its turbulent momentum and widespread influence, anti-globalization has become a new type of globalization. Globalization and anti-globalization co-exist and interact with each other and make globalization complicated.