To whom it may concern/一本书不如万路

I realize that some people are coming to China looking for validations of what they heard about the country, its culture and its civilization. (Don’t need to talk here about people who said that they done China after visiting Shanghai and Beijing) From my own point of view, traveling should be a profound human experience. If you are coming to China to find what you rode about it in books and media, then there is no point to come. China is an amazing country for human experiences; just make your own Chinese experience, feel it, live it with a free mind. Just open your eyes and your heart and live it as it is.

我发现有人到另外一个国家就是来确认他们对这个国家、文化和民族的偏见。对我来讲旅行应该是一个非常深刻的有人性的经验。如果到另外一个国家是来证明在书上看过或者通过媒体听过的事实，那就没有必要去接触另外一个文化。应该心灵空白地来经验对方的文化、感受它，体验它；包容地来体验这个现实。