How often do we try to reason people out of their own cultures because of our analytical stance or our feeling of superiority or our sense that we have a different kind of skill than they do.

This gentleman seems very devoted and is pretty accomplished for his career. I do have to say that Western Sinologists have contributed much to the re-building of the Modern Chinese Paradigm and ethnic pride. For example the late Joseph Needham （Known famously in China as Li YueSe) coined the term "Four Great Inventions of China" (Si Da Fa Ming) which helped set the foundation for the modern interpretation of the history of China. One can also argue that the modern Chinese mindset of always seeing the West as "recently surpassing" China in science and technology was largely influenced by the "The Needham Question".

Which does beg the question: Would a civilization that is really thousands of years old need the assistance of a foreign man born at the beginning of the 20th century to carry her reputation?