So perhaps China's rise is simply too new, and we just need another 20
years or so. We've seen a similar film before. Japan's sudden opening to
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world, a world war, and then forty years of an economic boom put quite a few Japanese words and concepts into mcm bags singapore
Anglophone mind: kamikaze, futon, haiku, kabuki, origami, karaoke,
tycoon, tsunami, jiu-jitsu, zen and honcho are all common English words
that nowadays can be used without any reference to Japan. Add to that mcm handbags singapore
more specifically Japanese phenomena well known to mcm backpack singapore
English-speaking world: karate, judo, sumo, bonsai, manga, pachinko,
samurai, shogun, noh and kimono, say, not to mention foods from mcm outlet singapore
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potentially fatal (fugu). Of course, Japanese borrowed some of these
words from Chinese, like zen (modern Mandarin chán) and tofu (dòufu).
But English borrowed them from Japanese, not Chinese.
It seems likely English will borrow from Chinese, too, as trade, cultural and personal connections between China and MCM Singapore
west grow. And perhaps there's an elusive "cool" element, a cultural cachet in MCM handbag outlet Singapore
West that China has yet to attain. If China gets there one day, this
would certainly boost China's linguistic exports. Whether future Chinese
borrowings will be new edibles, cultural items or even philosophical
terms will depend on China's development and how cheap MCM handbags Singapore
West responds. In other words, we should hope Chinese terms we will adopt will be more of MCM handbags for sale Singapore
guanxi than of MCM backpack for sale Singapore
flak variety.
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