Soon, China Will Be Ours

The Chinese Version of Ron Artest?

I've long argued that eventually, the whole world will evolve into mini-Americas, and it will happen through technology. I don't mean technological advances that we will make to humble other countries with our sheer amazing abilities: I mean television and the internet. I mean, we've all (mostly) read the story about the Pacific islanders who thought that the fatter a woman was, the more beautiful she was...until cable TV was introduced. Then, anorexia and bulimia became national crises. And you just KNOW that countries are banning music videos and other "cultural" phenomena because they don't want women (and teenage boys) to get ideas. Well, we finally have proof that even sports in foreign countries has come under the spell of American athletics (vuvuzelas notwithstanding)
It seems that a team from Brazil was playing a "friendly" (I thought that term was only used for soccer matches) with the Chinese team that was preparing for the Asian Games. Now, China, as we know, has a greater number of people over 7 feet tall than any other country...of course, they have far more people period, but still...
Anyway, a foul was called on a Chinese player (no evidence what nationality the official was), and protests were voiced by the players and coaches; protests which ultimately led to a brawl complete with punching and kicking. Not surprisingly, the Brazilians left the court vowing not to return, leaving the now-amped Chinese players with no real adversary, presuming the officials had long since vacated the premises.
Brawling? in a "friendly"? Really?
Just one more sign that the American way of life is out there, not elevating the lives and social fabric of less sophisticated countries, but bringing the rest of the world down to our level.
It's a plan that seems to be working.