Thunder Dragon in new millennium

Bhutan, known as the Land of the Thunder Dragon, carefully weighs the prospect of globalization in the 21st century, guarding against the risks of marginalization but welcoming the opportunity to benefit from increasing trade and technology transfer.

The Internet and television, introduced only in 1999, open a window to the world, promising to reduce remoteness as an obstacle to wider contact and commerce. However, teachers and elders are taking no chances, warning the young against preoccupation with deleterious influences coming via satellite.

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