That Lurie had already begun to pay attention to China at least eight years ago has seldom been pointed out by the media. Many people here have wondered how Lurie, a foreigner with, they believe, only a superficial knowledge of Chinese culture, could go about depicting a representative image for the Chinese people.
至少在八年前，勞瑞就已開始注意中國了，這個心意卻少為新聞媒體探知，很多人十分懷疑，以勞瑞﹘﹘一個外國人對中國文化的粗淺認識，如何來畫中國人？