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- - - - eg. because of globalisation and trading, SG has the 4th highest GDP per capita in the world in 2019. SG relies heavily on globalisation and trading especially in the financial services and export industries
- - - - eg. poverty in Indonesia increased by 50% after Asian financial crisis
  - - - eg. Foxconn suicide scandal in China, employed many low skilled workers from rural villages and forced them to work unnecessarily long hours resulting in many of the workers taking their own life
      - eg. Apple and Tesla exploit African children to help them mine for ores needed in electronic appliances, because the kids are small enough to fit into the caves and are also desperate for money
- - - - cyber attack on a country's power grid could lead to many inconveniences and cease important devices from functioning => economic and social disruption
      - eg. Yahoo has been constantly hacked and data breached over the years, exposing email addresses, passwords and dates of births of many users
- - - - more people have access to basic necessities such as food, housing, education
      - made it more efficient for countries and international organisations and agencies to collaborate to aid in disaster relief and poverty
        
        eg. UN's sustainable and development goals to help reduce poverty and hunger ++ stimulate the spread of knowledge and technology, helping to spread education and literacy which are essential for development
    - - managing the spread of superbugs through global exchange of scientific and medical information and drugs
      - developed countries are cooperating to help developing countries to scale up medical capacity for treatment and testing to develop and deploy effective vaccines for Covid-19
        
        eg. Singapore is an early supporter in this, we had almost immediate access to Covid-19 resources which accelerated Covid-19 tests, treatments and vaccines
    - - bring in social programmes that benefit the global and local communities
      - eg. Greenpac in SG hires disabled workers and offers subcontracts to ex-offenders under the Yellow ribbon initiative
      - eg. Shell offers scholarships to aid students from developing countries
    - - allows people to be exposed to foreign ideas and learn to appreciate them as well as support worthy causes
      - promotes peace and understanding and inter-cultural tolerance between people of differing backgrounds through mutual cultural exchange, international travel and tourism
    - - preserve culture and heritage in the face of cultural diversity
      - eg. research and development in the food industry has allowed SG manufacturers to export food in high demand overseas
      - use country's soft power
        
        eg. Korean wave = popularity of Korean dramas and pop culture, spread across the world, preserves the culture
  - - - made countries interconnected and reliant on one another for food supply, medical equipment and other essential items, disruptions by external threats such as Covid-19 could have serious adverse effects
      - eg. the Covid-19 pandemic made SG reassess its food security as it is heavily reliant on imports, lockdown announcements triggered panic hoarding and buying across the island and the supply of masks was temporarily disrupted
      - on the other hand, globalisation helps SG to diversify its food sources and imports to prevent over reliance
    - - weakened relationships and connections that bind people together
      - fuelled stress, competitive spirit and xenophobic behaviour in host countries where immigrants come to find work in = some Western countries have resisted immigration
        
        eg. Muslims are often verbally abused by French people who have been negatively affected by immigration, discriminated against jobs in France
        
        internet has made it easier to spread racial prejudice and advocate discriminatory behaviour
        
        eg. as the Covid-19 virus spread, East-Asians especially Chinese have been increasingly cyber bullied and discriminated against via online platforms and social media
    - - taking advantage of transport borders, broadband communication and political upheaval
      - displaced people, war victims and the poor are common victims
      - eg. women and children are some of the biggest victims as they are often sold as prostitutes for sexual slavery
    - - greater connectivity = mass movements of people across borders for business and pleasure = easier spread of diseases
      - eg. the Covid-19 pandemic which originated from Wuhan China in late 2019 spread like wildfire via international travel to the rest of the world, infecting more than a million people over the course of 3 months
    - - indigenous cultures have been exposed to foreign influences, lose their distinctiveness through cultural diffusion
      - eg. Western fast food industry promotes the value of production efficiency and makes traditional food appear less cost effective and profitable than fast food - Americanisation
      - culture exchange could result in cultural appropriation, members of the dominant cultural group exploiting the culture of minority groups in a callous and disrespectful way often with little understanding of the latter's history and background
        
        eg. man who travelled to an indigenous island in hopes to convince the islanders to take on the religion Christianity, despite being warned and chased away by islanders he kept returning and trying to convince them otherwise, this then resulted in his death