In the last decades of history, the scope of globalization and the mixing of world cultures has been particularly widespread. Through the spread of technology and communications across national borders, the world's various superpowers have begun to immerse themselves in foreign cultures and have introduced their own cultures into nations that are not their own, as well as accepted some parts of foreign culture into their own . houses. One of the greatest examples of this cultural exchange is the prevalence of Chinese culture in the West through the creation of various “Chinatowns” in popular cities in Europe and the Americas. Globalization itself, described as the “objective trend of economic development in today's world, characterized by the free flow and optimized allocation of capital, technology, information and services in the global context” by HE Ambassador Zha Peixin, has been a constant in the history of the world and permeates the cultures of the world on a daily basis through the innovation of new technologies and the spread of communications between different nations. Chinatown, as many know it, is a gathering place for Chinese immigrants in central locations around the world and typically features a community of mostly Chinese citizens as well as shops and restaurants. Although Chinatown appears to be a significant part of American culture, the actual beginning of Chinatown occurred in 1594 in the southeastern country of the Philippines, and it soon spread to other Asian nations such as Japan, Vietnam, and Thailand (Chang). Chinatown soon spread to countries such as England as trade between Western nations and the Chinese became more evident. In the United States, which seems to have the largest number of Chinatowns within its borders... in the midst of paper economies. Works CitedChang, Yoonmee. Writing the ghetto: Class, fatherhood, and the Asian American ethnic enclave. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers UP, 2010. Print.Faure, Guy, and Tony Fang. “Changing Chinese Values: Keeping Up with the Paradoxes.” International Business Review 17.2 (2008): 194-207. Print.Hadley, Barbara. "The Growth of Buddhism in America." Unity Institute High School, April 14, 2011. Network. April 5, 2014. .Sachsenmaier, Dominic, PhD. “Session 1: Global History.” China and Globalization (2003): 2-22. Rockefeller Archive Center. Network. April 5, 2014.Zha, Peixin. "China and globalization". China and globalization. Embassy of the People's Republic of China, 10 October 2003. Web. 04 April 2014.Zhou, min. Chinatown: The socioeconomic potential of an urban enclave. Philadelphia: Temple UP, 1992. Print.