They have often made use of overseas business trips to buy books about China in French or English. Many of them have read the Journey to the West in French and have dipped into Confucian philosophy, and Linda Liu, one of the few female members, has collected all the books on China by the novelist Han Su-yin.
這群有心人常利用到國外出差、做生意的機會，收集法國版、英文版有關中國的書籍；他們中很多人看過法文版的西遊記、試著讀孔子的哲學，少數幾位女成員之一的蕭玲娜還收集了西方小說家韓素英所有關於中國的作品。