但是，美國人並不含糊，21日The New York Times 紐約時報，就提及朗朗演奏《我的祖國》一事，以“鋼琴政治”（"Piano Politics?"）作為標題；並且，詳細的介紹了這首歌曲的背景，和它在中國人心目中是什麼含義，它的歷史背景是什麼；但是似乎有意淡化此事，只是指出：朗朗的這個選擇在國宴上表演此一曲子是不恰當的，但應屬無心之失；並且，稱朗朗是由美國訓練出來的中國鋼琴家，融合了兩國的文化。
One of the highlights of the state dinner was a performance by Lang Lang, a Chinese pianist who has been a sensation in music circles. Mr. Lang played a duet with the American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, then a haunting traditional Chinese melody called “My Motherland.”
In China, it turns out, “My Motherland” is better known as the theme from the film “Battle on Shangganling Mountain,” a 1956 Chinese classic about a Korean War battle in which a vastly outnumbered band of Chinese soldiers held off American and United Nations forces for 42 days.
If, in retrospect, “My Motherland” might seem to be a regrettable choice for a state dinner, it clearly was unintentional. Mr. Lang, an American-trained pianist who divides his time between the United States and China, is an artist who melds American and Chinese cultures.
