In 1981 the younger Sinologists have had the chance to go to mainland China, and their Chinese is far better than that of the middle-aged generation who had not been able to travel to mainland China for 30 years.
一九八一年雙方甚至恢復交換學生，年輕的漢學家因此有機會親訪中國大陸，他們的中文水準也比過去卅年沒有機會到大陸的中生代漢學家們高出很多。