As the scholar Jia Ding Xue pointed out very straightforwardly, all those overseas Chinese are patriotic not just because of ethnocentrism, but also because of a selfish mentality from deep within.

• 社会学家丁学良在谈到一大批海外华人所宣扬的“爱国主义”时，一针见血地指出：“在这些人的‘爱国主义’的民族主义下面，其实有一种深层的、不易被人觉察的自私心理。