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Why has Cultural Marxism become the enemy?

Column
Jan Blommaert
03/10/2018
13 minutes to read

Cultural Marxism is blamed for "globalism" and its discontents. Perhaps exploring globalization can be an alternative for this deeply flawed conspiracy theory.

WeChat, super app

WeChat - A super app from China

Article
Qiao Jiang
23/09/2018
17 minutes to read

What is WeChat? And why do people call it a super app? This article introduces this all-in-one Chinese app and its unique features from the perspective of globalization, cultureal flows an scapes.

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Tik Tok, taking you to every corner of China!

Article
HONG HU
20/09/2018
12 minutes to read

In the process of globalization, Tik Tok, the most popular short video and social media app in China, greatly influences China's marginal areas on both government and individual layer.

How globalization changed Singapore

Article
Mariosé Bergsteijn
19/09/2018
17 minutes to read

The city-state Singapore is a prime example of how huge of an impact globalization can have. We can see this through Singapore developing from a small fishing town to a thriving megapolis.

The Pearl River Delta: a region of copycats or a center of innovation?

Article
Lennart Menger
14/09/2018
18 minutes to read

The Pearl River Delta, an economic miracle that is still struggling with a negative 'copycat' imago. Lennart Menger, a student from Tilburg University, argues to what extent the region has managed it to transform into a center of innovation.

Maastricht University sued for being too "international"

Article
Solange Coenegracht
10/06/2018
13 minutes to read

The debate about the increasing internationalization in Dutch higher education recently became quite controversial as universities across the Netherlands were being sued for teaching in English. 

Mai 68 50 years later. Revolution Revolt

Did anything happen in May 68?

Column
Jan Blommaert
23/04/2018
11 minutes to read

Was May 68 just a moment of countercultural protest? No, it was big, very big.

The case of ‘Englishnization’ in Rakuten, Japan

Article
zhifang Yu
02/04/2018
4 minutes to read

E-commerce giant Rakuten has managed to get Japanese people to speak English competently through the implementation of the language policy called “Englishnization”.