德国人总体来说对中国的了解很有限,介绍有关中国的书籍,因为不入德国主流媒体之法眼而得不到广泛的推介,另一方面长期以来德国媒体对中国的报道则偏重于负面,使得一些德国民众对中国的了解未免有失偏颇。德国《明镜周刊》曾以“世界的毒瘤”为标题,长篇累牍报道中国的污染问题,搞得尽人皆知,以至于我的邻居和友人关切地问:“那里不是空气很不好吗,能生活吗?”岂不知中国也有蓝天和白云。德国的历史教科书中,称台湾为“岛 Germans generally have a limited understanding of China, introducing books about China because they are not widely promoted without the mainstream German media. On the other hand, the German media have long been reporting negatively on China. On the other hand, Makes some German people understand China is not biased. The German magazine Der Spiegel, once titled ”The Tumor of the World,“ reported on the pollution problems in China so extensively that my neighbors and friends asked with concern: ”Is not the air not so good? Can you live? “” Do you not know that China has blue sky and white clouds? In German history textbooks, Taiwan is called “the island.”