Though one would think an observer on the far side of the universe would see us expanding at near light speed as well, which to us however is clearly not the case. Thus it would seem that some sort of relativistic illusion is possible.
We are receding from them at near light speed, and they from us. The Big Bang and dark energy have pushed us up to this breakneck speed which, of course, we don't sense and can't see if we only look at things near to us. But to anyone who looks out at the most distant reaches of the observable universe, it looks like expansion. The universe scares the crap out of me.