White Horse Village

From the articles and videos, it is apparent that the diverse ideologies and responses of the villagers reveal that modernization is a tough process. A process that needs the long durations to materialize the plans put on paper to a useful and practical drive to reduce the expense and enhance the benefits of each person engaged in modernization. The varying responses from the villagers are understandable through collectivism and individualism theories.

China is an expansive nation having a high population density with most people settled in Beijing and Shanghai. Due to this migration from the rural regions, the Chinese government saw it fit to renovate White-Horse village to enable job creation for the locals and create a business hub for investors and businesspeople. This philosophy resonates with the concept of globalization, which is concerned with business, strong economic unity, and private investment (Pennsylvania State University). An instance is a man that utilizes his compensation to develop a personal enterprise. This man is the victor of the urbanization process because his life and family substantially change as he can exploit the opportunity of social revolution. Still, the limitation of globalization is the adverse impact on the environment. The pictures from the BBC article and the video on White Horse village tell it all. In 2006, the region was lush green contrasted with the factories and buildings ten years later (“White Horse Village: Beginning”). Moreover, in observing the Beijing life, it is easy to see the cars and smoke that create the air pollution in the environment.