These studies, in the analogy of one Chinese scholar, may often resemble nothing so much as crazy mirrors in a fun house, but they are the only way that Westerners can see China, and the distorted images they produce, it cannot be denied, do more or less afford a glimpse of reality!
或許，正如一位國內學者比喻的，這些研究雖然往往只是「哈哈鏡」，但這正是西方人看中國的唯一途徑；而且不可否認的，從這些變形中，還是多多少少可以窺見原貌的！