china: in the eyes of western world# EnglishChat - 鸟语花香
r*m
1 楼
Histories of the world omitted China; if a Chinaman invented
compass or movable type or gunpowder we promptly "forgot it"
and named their European inventors. In short, we regarded
China as a sort of different and quite inconsequential
planet.
W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963), U.S. civil rights leader,
author. The Seventh Son, vol. 2, "China" (1971; first
published Feb. 1912).
compass or movable type or gunpowder we promptly "forgot it"
and named their European inventors. In short, we regarded
China as a sort of different and quite inconsequential
planet.
W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963), U.S. civil rights leader,
author. The Seventh Son, vol. 2, "China" (1971; first
published Feb. 1912).