How to internationalize Beijing and its culture became a question the city government encountered and took into account during its development. To that end, the Beijing municipal government has made unremitting efforts. From the previous “Tenth Five-Year Plan” (from 2001 to 2005) to the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” (from 2006 to 2010), the establishment of an international metropolis has been the government’s development goal, and many remarkable achievements in economy, culture and diplomacy have been made.
Professor Adams Bodomo of Hong Kong University, who studies the African diaspora in China, predicts that in two or three decades, we'll start to see the growth of a diverse, multicultural Chinese society as a result of these foreign communities. He also said instead of Chinese-Americans, there will be Korean-Chinese, African-Chinese, European-Chinese and American-Chinese.
The lesson here is that Beijing is an attractive place. It's a success story and people want to be part of it. It's a lesson in globalization.
By Dong Lin
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