Added to this, the thriving Chinese communities in many American urban centres and their reputation as a model minority have aroused further their interests in this distant land, which is so vastly different from theirs.

• 此外，许多美国城市的繁荣华人社区，享有模范少数民族的美誉，更让美国人对这个和他们的文化大相径庭的古老文明，产生浓厚的兴趣。