When Chu gave speeches on energy and climate change at Tsinghua University, China’s most elite institution for science and engineering (where his parents had been students), and then at Tianjin University (where his grandfather was once President), he was received with enormous enthusiasm, overflow crowds, and standing ovations. So, the Chinese ended up embracing Chu and Locke in contradictory ways: as high-ranking representatives of the US government and as compatriots with whom they share the common bond of Chinese-ness.
当朱棣文在清华大学和天津大学做了关于能源和气候变化的演讲，清华大学是中国理工科的最高学府，朱棣文父母的母校。朱棣文的爷爷曾任天津大学的校长。在这两所学校，他受到了热烈地欢迎，到处是拥挤的人群和长时间的掌声。于是，中国人对他们有两种相互矛盾的认知：美国政府高级官员和同根同种的中国人。