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　　Tradition and Modernization Can Be Compatible

　　There is much debate over whether tradition and modernization are

　　compatible. Some people maintain that they necessarily conflict with each other,

　　while others argue that it is possible to combine tradition and modernization in

　　our pursuit of development. As far as I am concerned, these two forces undermine

　　each other at times, but they can also compliment each other, if handled

　　properly.

　　Most people take it for granted that modernization and tradition are

　　contradictory, which is true in a sense. Modernization, a popular yet a vague

　　term, is generally understood as "Westernization," which means individualist,

　　rights-based democracy, capitalism, and technological imperatives. Meanwhile,

　　tradition comprises the whole complex of distinctive spiritual, material,

　　intellectual and emotional features that characterize a specific society or a

　　social group. It includes not only the arts and letters, but also modes of life,

　　the value systems and beliefs of the indigenous people. In this sense, it is

　　only natural that modernization, as a foreign culture forced upon non-Western

　　cultures, tends to cause damage to the tradition and arouse confrontation from

　　the native people involved in this destructive and painful process. Where

　　modernization marches on, we often see traditional customs disappearing,

　　traditional value systems collapsing, traditional craftsmanship withering, and

　　traditional ways of life disintegrating. As a result, modernization has not

　　brought about prosperity and happiness at it promises to traditional societies.

　　On the contrary, we are alarmed at the deterioration of the cities and

　　disintegration of society—overcrowding; slum formation; breakdown of culture,

　　community, and family; isolation of social and age groups, etc. —as well as the

　　environmental destruction—water and air pollution; noise; destruction of

　　wildlife, vegetation and land, etc.

　　However, if we understand modernization as sustainable development, we must

　　believe in the necessity and possibility of synthesizing modernization and

　　tradition. Development can only flourish where it is rooted in the culture and

　　the tradition of each country, since it is an all-encompassing process linked to

　　each society's own values and calling for an active participation of individuals

　　and groups who are both the authors and the beneficiaries of it. The success of

　　Japan and the South-East Asian "dragons," is a case in point. While espousing

　　the free enterprise system of the western development model, these traditional

　　societies dosed it with more than a little government control, a form of

　　paternalism alien to the West but totally in keeping with their own traditions.

　　In the same vein, China is confidently pushing forward its development by

　　synthesizing modernization and tradition.

　　To conclude, it seems unavoidable that some traditional cultural elements

　　will be lost in the process of modernization. Yet any external experience,

　　technique or model cannot be successfully integrated by mere adopting or

　　reproduction; it needs to be reinterpreted or reinvented in such a way that it

　　can be absorbed through the filter of the society's cultural identity and value

　　system. In other words, any traditional society, if it aims at sustainable

　　development, should endeavor to maintain a mutually enriching relationship

　　between the external modernization and the internal tradition.

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