1997年5月我走出国门,开始了我的美国留学生涯。在旧金山转往明尼苏达州的飞机上,我和旁边的一位美国老人攀谈了起来。当得知我来自中国的时候,老人问我:“我在电视上看过关于中国的纪录片,你们现在还是只穿黑灰蓝三个颜色的衣服,出门只骑自行车吗?”多年过去,我依然清晰记得当时的震惊,那是我第一次真切地感受到美国人对中国的了解有多么匮乏。之后在美国学习和生活了十几年,游历了欧洲和大洋洲, In May 1997 I went abroad and started my career in the United States. On an airplane in San Francisco destined for Minnesota, I talked to a nearby American old man. When I learned that I came from China, the old man asked me: “I saw a documentary about China on television, are you still wearing only three colors of black, gray and blue clothes and go cycling?” I still clearly remember the shock of that time. That was the first time I truly felt how scarce the Americans knew about China. After studying and living in the United States more than 10 years, traveled to Europe and Oceania,