For my personal reflective essay, I have selected from the book Thinking Globally: A Global Studies Reader (2013) edited by Mark Juergensmeye, Part 2, chapter 6, East Asia: Global Economic Powers. I chose this particular chapter because it sustains a contrasting discussion regarding East Asia and its part in the global economy which alternates well with my major in International business and relations and language, Chinese.

Another factor that aided my decision in choosing this chapter is my interest in East Asian countries, particularly China. My profound interest in China lead me to take up mandarin in my first year of high school and I had kept with it until my final year, I am now ecstatic to continue my learning of Chinese under my Global Studies degree. Regarding my understanding of Global Citizenship, I could come to an agreement that I have an entrepreneurial position (Stein, 2015) seeing how I am interested in the New Zealand’s economy my main focus would be how we can better compete in the global economy (Stein, 2015) but I do not agree with some of its aspects, for example, I think the importance of being able to learn another language is to not only view it as another great acquiring skill to better myself for job opportunities but more so highlight the process of experiencing another culture and diving into every knowledgable aspect of it with an open mind, in doing so diminishing the individualistic behavior that follows this particular approach.