 Dewey also sought to promote cross-cultural understanding through his founding of the China Institute in New York City in 1926. The China Institute, which continues today, advertises itself as the only institution in that city to focus solely on Chinese civilization, art and culture. Hu Shih, a student of Dewey’s at Columbia and one of the leading figures in the creation of the Institute, invited him to Peking in 1919 (Yong Ho 2004  [Other Internet Resources]).