中国对西方人通常具有特殊的吸引力。这一幅员广阔、人口众多的国家在世界上拥有最古老的文化，它过去显然是东方文明的中心。许多亚洲邻国把中国作为吸取其文字、宗教、哲学和生活方式的源泉。但在过去几个世纪，中国总是交替地时而开放，时而关闭，然后又重新开放。其结果是 China generally has a special appeal to Westerners. This vast and populous country has the oldest culture in the world and used to be clearly the center of Eastern civilization. Many Asian neighbors have used China as a source of their words, religion, philosophy and lifestyles. However, in the past few centuries China has always been alternately open, sometimes closed, and then reopened. the result is