Kung Peng-cheng states that Chinese people have always viewed themselves as the center of the world when looking beyond their borders. And while they thought that other cultures were interesting, they felt no "culture shock."
龔鵬程指出，中國人看四方，從來都以「中土」的眼光視之，對其文化感到有趣，但看來並未引起很大的「文化震撼」。