如果你问一个受过高等教育的西方人关于中国当代文化的话题,而这个西方人恰好不是中国问题专家,那么,他的回答几乎是可以预料的:他所知道的事情就是介于“不知道”和“艾未未”之间。如果恰巧此人还对文学或电影感兴趣的话,他也许还能说出个莫言或者张艺谋的。对中国当代文化如此无知,当然很不像话。但另一方面,当我们谈论中国当代文化的时候,我们显然会碰 If you ask a highly educated Westerner about the topic of contemporary Chinese culture, and this Westerner happens to be not an expert on China, his answer is almost predictable: what he knows is between “do not know ”And“ Ai Weiwei ”between. If this person happens to be interested in literature or film, he may also be able to say a Mo Yan or Zhang Yimou’s. So ignorant of Chinese contemporary culture, of course, is outrageous. But on the other hand, when we talk about contemporary Chinese culture, we obviously will touch it