Racial differences are perhaps unavoidable, but discrimination and xenophobia are really not worth mentioning, "says Yang Ying, comparing the two countries." But the English are conservative, they still have a rather strong sense of imperialism and class, and the whole social atmosphere is not very friendly toward foreigners. "
楊瑩比較英、美兩國大環境的差異，作了這樣的結論：「美國是民族大熔爐，在那裡，碰來碰去都是『外國人』，種族差異或許難免，『排外』、『歧視』則談不上」，楊瑩指出：「但英國人保守，帝國心態和階級意識都相當重，整個社會氣氛對外國人並不友善。」