同学们，本栏目是对你们学过的知识和生活中常见问题的归纳。其中，有一些共性问题，也许你会需要哦！

Question1: why is globalization a double-edged sword?

Answer:

As the new century approaches, globalization means two different things. It can have both negative and positive effects On the one hand, it can greatly increase economic production, spread new technology and improve the living standards in both rich and poor countries, on the other hand, it is highly controversial because it threatens national sovereignty, destroys local culture and tradition, and is likely to cause economic and social instability

Question2:why are some people and countries against globalization? What do you think of the phenomenon?

Answer:

There also exists anti-globalization. The reason for this is simple. As the author puts it, globalization is a double-edged sword. It cuts both ways. On the one hand, it can bring new products and services, new investment and markets, new technologies and management skills and generally higher living standards. On the other, it can also bring more debt, more instability, a greater gap between the rich and the poor, far worse environmental degradation, and the loss of national and cultural identity. In spite of all the promises of a win-win situation, in this game, nations are not equally positioned. They do not have a level playground. Therefore, there are bound to be wand losers. People in many developing countries are afraid that they would lose their hard won independence. They suspect that globalization is just another name for Americanization. They feel that they are being marginalized rather than integrated.

No wonder there has been an increasingly intense mass protest against globalization around the world in recent years. This does not mean that globalization is completely wrong. It simply means that it is more complicated than we thought. It means that many new problems will have to be looked into and properly resolved. Globalization probably will eventually prevail. But it will have to be a more equitable, more humane, more universally beneficial kind of globalization.