NewXi Jinping fan on a one-man mission to spread president’s ideology to foreigners
Businessman launches small, non-state-sanctioned Xi research centre and has hosted a forum dedicated to the president
One of President Xi Jinping’s avid admirers has launched a small London-based research centre that aims to promote Xi's ideas and acquaint foreigners with one of the world’s most powerful leaders.
Chinese-Canadian businessman Huang Yongjun, aka Edward Huang, the owner of a small publishing company, has established the Xi Jinping Thoughts Study Centre.
“Being Chinese, I strongly feel that I have the responsibility to introduce Xi Jinping’s thoughts to foreigners,” he told the South China Morning Post. “The outside world knows very little about President Xi.
“It is a great time for the world to study [Xi’s] ideas as he has been in power for just more than a year and [he] has announced reform plans.”
Although the centre only has three staff – including Huang – the businessman already has ambitious plans to expand to other countries such as India, the United States and Sweden, the latter chosen for its reputation as a hub for the intelligentsia.
I strongly feel that I have the responsibility to introduce Xi Jinping’s thoughts to foreigners
“Sweden is very important for its decisive role in the Nobel Prize, so we will set up a bureau there to promote Xi’s thoughts,” Huang said.