Considering the Tibetan example, differences in cultural perception of the world could certainly lead to conflict. Samuel Huntington is renowned in the field of political science for proposing that the next phase of world politics will be “The Clash of Civilizations. Here, Huntington argues that “the great divisions among humankind and the dominating source of conflict will be cultural.” If neighboring cultures have different mental maps about who rightfully controls a geographic place, war is possible. Tibet is not the only instance of the Chinese cultural perspective clashing with the West. Bejing’s Ministry of Education has published the infamous “nine-dash” and “251-dash” maps, claiming legitimate control of vast swaths of sea and islands. Chinese cultural revanchism is a key factor in the communist state’s claim over Taiwan, as supporters of the regime truly believe that Taiwan is still a part of China’s
Considering the Tibetan example, differences in cultural perception of the world could certainly lead to conflict. Samuel Huntington is renowned in the field of political science for proposing that the next phase of world politics will be “The Clash of Civilizations. Here, Huntington argues that “the great divisions among humankind and the dominating source of conflict will be cultural.” If neighboring cultures have different mental maps about who rightfully controls a geographic place, war is possible. Tibet is not the only instance of the Chinese cultural perspective clashing with the West. Bejing’s Ministry of Education has published the infamous “nine-dash” and “251-dash” maps, claiming legitimate control of vast swaths of sea and islands. Chinese cultural revanchism is a key factor in the communist state’s claim over Taiwan, as supporters of the regime truly believe that Taiwan is still a part of China’s