After a one of these talks (at the University of Hong Kong in 2004), an audience member told him that his design concepts were very similar those of Wen Tiejun in Beijing. He then recommended that Hsieh visit Professor Wen.
2004 年，他到香港大學演講，會後一位聽眾向前對他說：「你應該去北京找溫鐵軍教授，你的設計理念和他目前正在進行的項目很契合。」