It seems a bit strange to view the physical 'traveling abroad' as harmful, when he's so obviously 'traveling abroad' in thought throughout the piece - Heidegger

It seems a bit strange to view the physical 'traveling abroad' as harmful, when he's so obviously 'traveling abroad' in thought throughout the piece - Heidegger, after all, was not Chinese. It also seems that a lot of what caused the century of humiliation for China was this inward-looking tendency in Chinese culture, a tendency that left them ignorant of western ideas and technology until it was essentially too late. It also seems that a lot of the reinvigoration of China is due to a spirit of openness towards the rest of the world, with western ideas (most obviously marxism) being the driver of a phenomenal amount of change. Not being Chinese, it makes me a bit sad to see China drift the kind of insular, chauvinistic direction it has been going in the last few years. Chinese culture is amazing, but it's at its very best when it's vigorously confronting the outside world.