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[quote=GUEST365,252267]This thread reminds me of an English poet named Rudyard Kipling who once wrote in this poem "We and They" :

All the people like us are We
and everyone else is They
We live over the sea
While They live over the way
We eat pork and beef with cow horn-handled knives
They who gobble their rice off a leaf
Are horrified out of their lives.

When I read these lines for the first time, I was astonished by these lines.  In the past, the West and the East were so isolated from each other.  The is a huge difference between the East and the West.  The Easterners and the Westerners were so ignorant of each other.

In today's society, those people who used to eat with gobble their rice might be as well have taken to fish and chips. Modern lives of average Chinese have been under the strong influence of Western culture or Western style of living. It's  no longer surprising to see the whole families dining out at McDonald's and KFC. Jeans is popular with people from all walks of life. 
It seems to me that Chinese living habits are being westernized too much. Although Kypling's ideas has left too far behind the times, should we adopt a totally westernized living style.[/quote]

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