Examples of cohesive Chinese culture

Currently, there are two things that make us pay special attention to the spirit of patriotism and national cohesion. First, after the September 11th incident, the American people have fully demonstrated their national cohesion and patriotism in the face of a great disaster, which is worthy of our in-depth consideration. Secondly, China's accession to the WTO is not just an economic act, but will soon affect all aspects of culture and thinking. In the trend of globalization, the interpenetration of different cultures is supposed to have positive effects, but if one culture dominates the cultures of other peoples in the world because of the strength of the economy behind it, and if the interpenetration of cultures becomes some kind of cultural expansion or cultural hegemony, the future of world culture will be a cause for concern. In turn, cultural hegemony will lead to unfair economic competition. In the process of world integration, the distribution of wealth is not becoming more reasonable, but on the contrary, and cultural hegemony is the deepest dominant force behind the growing inequality between the rich and the poor. For our country, patriotism and national cohesion under the conditions of openness are not only the basis for enhancing competitiveness, but also the basis for the real prosperity of the country and the nation, which have always been based on national self-confidence and the independence of the national spirit in the national culture. Originally, Western societies have been taking advantage of their economic superiority to make the whole world take their culture as the mainstream culture, threatening the cultural diversity of the world, influencing and changing people's ideology and values. Whether or not China can maintain its national self-confidence and the independence of the national spirit under the conditions of greater openness after its accession to the WTO will depend on whether or not the Chinese culture can hold "nativism" in the face of the onrush of the Western cultural trend. It depends on whether Chinese culture, in the face of the onslaught of Western cultural trends, can be "fetishized" without becoming national nihilistic, and on the depth of understanding of traditional Chinese culture by the people of China.