Rudyard Kipling famously wrote in “The Ballad of East and West”: “Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.” Given the ironic reversal of globalization fears, Kipling is still right: convergence has continued to elude East and West.
鲁德亚德·吉卜林在著名的“东西方民谣”中写道： “哦，东方就是东方，西方就是西方，这两者永远是泾渭分明的。” 即使将全球化恐惧颇具讽刺意味的逆转考虑进去，吉卜林也是对的： 东西方之间的融合仍然令东西方民众感到困惑。