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1. Hong Kong

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   Culture and Society
   Hong Kong represents a unique blend of Eastern and Western influences, evident in its cuisine, arts, festivals, and daily life. The region has produced influential contributions to global cinema, popular music, and contemporary art.
   Cuisine

2. Japanese Westernization

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   Japanese Westernization (西洋化, seiyōka) refers to the extensive adoption of Western culture, technology, and institutional practices by Japan during the Meiji Restoration (1868–1912) and subsequent periods. This transformative process fundamentally reshaped Japanese society, government, military, and aesthetic traditions, fundamentally reversing the nation's isolationist Sakoku policy. The phenomenon is primarily driven by Japan's determination to avoid colonization by Western powers and to est…

3. Romanticism

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   Romanticism was a complex and multifaceted intellectual, artistic, and literary movement that dominated much of Western culture from the late 18th century through the mid-19th century. Originating primarily as a reaction against the rationalism, order, and formal classicism of the preceding Age of Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution, Romanticism emphasized intense emotion, individualism, the glorification of the past (especially the medieval period), and the s…