Needham's ideal of a global family, his desire to correct the mistaken views of the West and his deep love of China have unavoidably left Needham open to charges of prejudice.
寄情「烏托邦」在天下一家的理想情懷，和一心矯枉西方成見的心意下，李約瑟這份對中國的深厚愛戀，有時也難免被認為過於褊坦中國。