Following the widespread media images of tanks at Tiananmen and missiles in the Taiwan Strait, there are probably few people willing to believe that for Europeans the word "China" once symbolized a peaceful and troublefree earthly paradise.
經過國際媒體對天安門坦克和台海飛彈無遠弗屆的傳播，恐怕很少人還願意相信：「中國」這兩個字，曾經在歐洲人的心目中，象徵一片和平寧馨、歡喜無憂的人間福地。