Globalization vs. Americanization

The author’s friend says Globalization is the same as Americanization because American culture has affected us a lot in many aspects. He says everyone will be eating at McDonald's, listening to Madonna and shopping at mega-malls. He thinks it will be absolutely awful. But the author thinks that globalization is not the same as Americanization.
The author grows up in Vietnam during the war. He believed every word that his country tells him. After the war, his family leaves Vietnam to the other country. Now he is an American journalist and writer and his family has lived in many other countries. Because technology improved a lot, the world is smaller now. No matter how long distance between us, we can talk each other easy and travel to other country easy. This is a symbol of globalization. Globalization has made a deep and strong effect for us.
After the cold-war, America has become the supreme country. It guide the global economic and technology. The American culture has influence the other culture. This is why we can see McDonald's everywhere in the world. But the American culture can’t change the other culture. Many other original cultures and languages and traditions continue to thrive. The author shows us that Globalization is stronger than Americanization.