今年1月,我从纽约取道旧金山回国。在“城市之光”书店举办的中国文学晚会上,见到了“美国中医基金会”会长白芭芮夫人。美国科学技术虽高度发达,但一般人对中医不予重视,有些人甚至嗤之以鼻。十余年前,我曾陪同一位颇有名气的美国作家观看北京一家医院的针麻手术。当时,他提出这样一个带有种族偏见的问题:中国人的痛阀同西方人是否不一样?我至今对此记忆犹新。现在, In January of this year, I returned to San Francisco from New York City. At the Chinese literature evening party held at City Lights bookstore, she met Mrs. White Barbara, president of the American Chinese Medical Foundation. Although the United States has a highly developed science and technology, most people pay no attention to Chinese medicine and some even scoff at it. More than a decade ago, I accompanied a well-known American writer to see acupuncture at a Beijing hospital. At the time, he raised the issue of racial prejudice: Is there any difference between Chinese painkillers and Westerners? I remember so far. just now,