"The young people love their city and want to know a foreigner's perspective on it," he said.
This inspired him to publish the Chinese edition of the book "Discover Gulangyu." This small island in Xiamen entered the UNESCO world heritage list in July this year for its cultural history and historic buildings.
Brown said he was more than happy that a traditional Chinese version would be published in Taiwan later this year.
"Only when the youth understand history can they walk into the future," he said.
He was excited when the city of Xiamen hosted the BRICS summit from Sept. 3 to 5.
"The G7 and G20 are the past, while BRICS is the future," he said. "BRICS offers opportunities for countries to find a way to do business."
He said it is right that China has put forward the concept of "BRICS Plus" by inviting Egypt, Mexico, Thailand, Tajikistan and Guinea for dialogue.
A KOREAN IN HEFEI
Korean teacher Cho Sung Hye landed in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, in 1996, and had no idea she would stay for so long. In 2006, she became the first person from the Republic of Korea (ROK) to get China's "green card" for permanent residence.
"None of my friends back home knew where Hefei is in China, and there was not a single foreigner that I could find in the city," Cho said, in fluent Chinese.
She remembered that 1996 was just four years after the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping made a series of landmark speeches marking China's opening up and modernization.
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