There is a disagreement on the impact of increased business and culture contact between countries on a nation’s identity. What is your opinion ?

Public discourse shows no sign of abating on the topic of whether ever increasing cross-

country

contact in terms of business, and culture exerts a positive, or a negative influence on a

country

’s

identity

. I contend that

this

is a test which those countries failing will slowly, yet surely lose their

identity

, whereas those passing will experience national uniformity. Lest cultural assimilation

occur

Suggestion

occurs

, due to the pervasive invasion of multinational corporations as well as different cultures, a nation’s

identity

can wane. Their people are highly likely prone to

integration

Suggestion

the integration

of dissimilar cultural values, and are probable to gradually forget their national conventions, together with their spirit of patriotism. China is a typical example in which case, facing a burgeoning international workforce, the authority has mandated English as a compulsory subject for primary school students so aggressively that the number of people who deem learning their

first

language unnecessary is at an unprecedented level.

Although

this

movement is beneficial when it can yield a more linguistically prepared population, in the future, when these Chinese citizens do not speak their mother tongue anymore, their sense of belongings to the

country

, as well as nationalism will disappear.

By contrast

, a nation’s

identity

can

also

be forged, even in the face of invasive business and culture contact.

This

is evident in the example of Australia wherein residents actively endorse domestic businesses, and are intrigued by their Indigenous stories. According to a study conducted by a Chinese researcher in March 2020, despite their

country

being the most culturally diverse

nation

Suggestion

nations

in the Southern Hemisphere, surveyed Australians believed that

this

has little effect on their affection for the

country

, and still took pride

on

Suggestion

in

their

mateship

the pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition

matchup

spirit. In the future, they will be catalysts for national uniformity. In summary, contextually speaking, foreign business, and cultural penetration can put all countries to a national

identity

test. I strongly believe that no

country

is at a position to deviate from the impacts of

this

phenomenon;

therefore

, it is advisable that all benefits and challenges be scrutinised, before any major decision is made.