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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• James L. Watson

Titel

China's Big Mac Attack

Ist Teil von

• Foreign Affairs, 2000

Erscheinungsjahr

2000

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Quelle

Business Source Ultimate

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Nixon was not the only one who went to China; Ronald McDonald is there now, too. McDonald's triumphed -- in a cultural zone where many adults think fried beef patties taste bizarre -- by catering to China's pampered only children, the so-called little emperors and empresses. The "Golden Arches" have become part of the landscape of Beijing and Hong Kong. But is McDonald's trampling local culture in the name of a bland, homogeneous world order? Not really. Global capitalism pushes one way, and local consumers push right back. Herewith, a parable of globalization.