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The positive western influences on ChinaGlobalization has made the whole world smaller and smaller. People have more and more ways to get to know the outside world, which also narrowed and uniformed behavior and ideology of people. The past years, especially after China practiced the policy of opening to the outside world in 1978, Chinese people had the chance to observe the outside world. Chinese reformers are anxious to learn advanced technologies from western countries. Meanwhile, western countries view China as a biggest market in Asia and try their best to make it as beneficial as possible to themselves. Because of the influences of western countries, great changes have been taking place in the politics, economics, cultural atmosphere, technology, traditions, education, and women status of China. As a whole, western influences upon China are very necessary and positive. The west brought new thoughts and modern civilization for us.In recent decades, Chinese culture has seen an influx of Western influence, following the opening of China to the West in 1978. It will inevitably influence and exert fascination over Chinese and have an impact on Chinese culture, just like Chinese culture in the past had a great impact on other cultures. To a certain extent, all of them bring many conveniences to our daily life and enlarge our horizons.First of all, under the influence of the west, we got rid of a lot of feudalistic ideas, accepted more advanced democracy thought and the women liberated, the womens rights are more and more important, and our society attach much more importance to baby girls. All the things we achieved are a kind of progress for us.Secondly, music is one of the most beautiful things in the world. It is shared by people from all around the world. U.S. and European-style rock music has greatly influenced Chinese popular music. They brought new inspiration to the composition of Chinese songs. The resulting popular music is very different from traditional Chinese music, but is still distinctive to the Chinese culture. It makes Chinese music full of vitality and infectious, enjoyed by people from all walks of life.Thirdly, with the advent of western advanced computer technologies, they made the information age in China possible. Nowadays, Chinese web users can easily access to web sites for information written both in English and Chinese which brings searchable information into the Chinese culture. The availability of information has brought foreign concepts and influences. Last but not least, western influence also has a huge impact to China in entertainment area. As it is known to all, Hollywood is a big name in the film business. Under the influence of Hollywood Chinese movies start to target the international market. From fashion to beliefs about desirable and meaningful lifestyles, Hollywood movies mold viewpoints of many Chinese people, especially young people, such as certain ideas on personal freedom. It influences both tastes and views in Chinese culture. In a word, Hollywood movies provide us with a better way to know the outside world better.Except cultural influences, science and technology are also the most outstanding advantages of the western world. The western countries are good at creating new inventions. They have successfully invented alternator, steam engine, motor, electric light, television, telegraph, telephone, computer, etc. And all of them are very important and useful in our daily life. These high-technology products help China to develop economic and help accelerates the process of Chinas modernization. Whats more, the changes status of the modern Chinese women in the society and the modern Chinese womens pursuit of gender equality, can be serve as an achievement of western influence and the development of modern civilization. Traditional Chinese people think men and women are not equal which is influenced by Confusion. Womens job is just taking care of babies or doing the housework. However, as the western culture influence China, Chinese people began to realize that they should give men and women the equal right. From the Revolution of 1911 to the late 20th century, Chinese women have gradually achieved more rights and achieved higher status. Due to the western influence, now more and more talented women use their own ability to improve them social status, they can do what man can do.Further more, we are going to discuss about the influences on the education systems in China. Its sure that its beneficial to China. The long history and contemporary impact of Western academic models, practices and orientations on Chinashaped the nature of higher education systems. China was not formally colonized, but the mixture of influence on the academic institutions that has developed reflects considerable Western influence. Such as the influenced education systems in Hong Kong and Macao, they have been influenced by England and Portugal for a long time. Contemporary factors such as the international knowledge system, the numbers of students studying in Western nations and patterns of scientific interaction also have a major impact on the growth of universities in China.Two basic realities shape China education systemsthe foreign origins of the basic academic model and the indigenization of the universities as part of the development process. The nature of the foreign models differs considerably as does the indigenization response of individual countries. Countries which experienced colonialism faced a different reality than nations which were able to use an independent judgment in the adoption of foreign influences. In China, as in other parts of the world, the impact of western academic models and institution has been significant from the beginning and it remains important even in the contemporary period. All in all, the varieties of Western influence are complex and varied, and they surely can do good to improve China educational systems. And China should be open to the world to absorb the excellent ingredients to improve ourselves.In todays world-connected society, no country can stand out of the globe-village, and develop on its own. Therefore, a