Tag: fast food impact on world

• Burger King in Hanoi: The End is Near

  A friend posted a selfie outside the newly opened BK at Hanoi Noi Bai Airport. Globalization is complete. My Vietnam is dead. I arrived at Noi Bai Airport for the first time on a dark, stormy night in August 1994. My wife, 15 month old daughter, and I were picked up at the airport by…

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  January 11, 2014

  History & Culture, Vietnam

  burger king in hanoi, coca-cola and globalization, fast food impact on world, haiphong, Hanoi, Hanoi food, Maritime University, Vietnam, Vietnam transportation, Vietnamese culture

• Fast Food, Globalization, and Culture (Part III)

  Here’s part III (the final segment) in this series. The most interesting part (in my opinion) of this post is the fascinating way that fast food has helped change and mold certain parts of modern China.  Read Part I HERE! Read Part II HERE! The new fast food culture that has been introduced into many countries over…

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  January 10, 2014

  History & Culture

  capitalism, capitalism and globalization, China, culture, fast food, fast food impact on world, Fast Food Nation, globalization, modern china, modern Confucianism

• Fast Food, Globalization, and Culture (Part I)

  A while back, I wrote this (rather long) essay on fast food and culture. I’ll be dividing it up over the next few days. I would appreciate your comments.   As you travel down Mt. Erskine road in northern Penang Island and look out over the sprawling Hokkien Chinese cemetery which the road splits in…

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  January 8, 2014

  History & Culture

  capitalism and globalization, culture, fast food impact on world, Fast Food Nation, globalization, mcdonalds in Asia