That is a remark on a country that was waiting to be reconnected with the world, but it recently came to mind when thinking of China.
søndag 5. desember 2021
Mike O'Sullivan: The Red Curtain - China Cuts Itself Off From The World
For personal reasons Ireland is one of my touchstones when trying to understand the ways in which the world is changing, and more generally it is an interesting laboratory to witness the effects of the rise and fall of globalization on a small open economy. Globalization has markedly changed Ireland such that the Ireland of the 20th century is drifting steadily out of the collective memories of Irish people. In the middle of the 20th century, the country had few active trade and diplomatic links, something that led the writer Seán Ó’Faoláin to remark that ‘Ireland …is behind a Green Curtain that we have been rigging up for the last thirty years – thought proof, world proof, life proof’.
That is a remark on a country that was waiting to be reconnected with the world, but it recently came to mind when thinking of China.
That is a remark on a country that was waiting to be reconnected with the world, but it recently came to mind when thinking of China.
