We can see how once the Europeans 'dreams of a distant paradise had been shattered, the atmosphere the Chinese garden exuded was now the imperialist spirit of collecting novelties from around the world and taking them for one's own.
可以想見，過去歐洲人對東方樂土的追摹嚮往，一經破解後，同是中國園景，此時空氣中瀰漫的，已經是博覽會那種搜天下之奇以為己有的帝國霸氣了。