"In those times, American libraries would only have a few old books about exploration in Chinese border regions that were full of exoticized exaggerations and misinterpretations. They showed an obvious disconnect with the reality of minority lifestyles," he says.
而那個年代，美國圖書館裡只有一些早期國外探險家探訪中國邊區的著作，充滿了獵奇式的誇大與錯誤解讀，與實際的少數民族生活樣貌，有明顯的斷層。