Beijing 2008, or: who else isn't watching?

[Adrian II]

The marriage of language and the nationstate in the nineteenth century, at the exclusion of most other cultural identities, has diminshed the prominence of many of these underlying cultural belts, or clusters. But they are still intact.

Without a doubt, esteemed colleague. Though I would point out that a narrative analysis of contemporary identity formation marginalizes extraterritorial influences.

What then, this is my question, is the common denominator between your five countries?

This, then, is my answer: I like them.