Globalization wields powerful influence over societies and cultures. Business travelers and tourists both observe and distribute new ideas. New ideas, interactions, foods and products are tried, then embraced or discarded. With the internet or satellite television, films, publications, photographs, news reports and cartoons can travel instantly, entertaining or angering audiences around the globe. With social media like Facebook or Twitter, individuals offer news and own instant pronouncements on trends. Whether slowly through immigration or immediately online, these connections bring about some convergence of norms on fashion to human rights while also provoking challenges from traditionalists. A global society has emerged, and it’s tightly linked.

Korean-Chinese Demand Citizenship

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Kim So-young
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Township for Foreign Workers Could House Up to 20,000 Under One Roof

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Imelda Saad
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Flour That Has the Flavor of Home

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Indrani Sen
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American Exception: US Court Is Now Guiding Fewer Nations

The world’s oldest constitutional court ignores opinions of its many offspring, and the feeling has become mutual
Adam Liptak
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Michelle Boorstein
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