Fortunately, a cheering development is that more and more American scholars realize one fact: they can never hope to understand modern China without respecting and understanding traditional China.
不過一個可喜的現象則是愈來愈多的美國學者已認清一個事實：如果不能瞭解及尊重傳統中國，妄想跳過傳統中國而理解近代中國，是不可能的事。