Confucianist Sze Chi-ching seeks one harmonious China
Hong Kong businessman uses his impressive connections with mainland officials to push his dream of creating a harmonious society
Well-known calligrapher Sze Chi-ching, 73, is an old friend of the nation's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping.
The Hong Kong businessman, originally from Fujian, is also a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a keen political observer.
As a Confucianist, he would like to see a balanced and peaceful political culture in Hong Kong and on the mainland, with listening and negotiating being the key to creating a harmonious society.
Sze, a founder of leftist Chinese schools for new immigrant children from his hometown in Fujian during the 1960s, was a political activist before the handover.
Unlike other patriots, he didn't encourage the Hong Kong government to promote national education after the handover, instead urging his friends working for the pro-Beijing Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po newspapers not to publish so many long-winded political commentaries.