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  • Lu Weiding Named the Most Generous Chinese Philanthropist
  • Scholar gives back through donations
  • How Foundations In Asia Are Being Passed Down To The Next Generation
  • China’s Philanthropic Growth Drives World’s Next Big Impact Powerhouse
  • Christchurch mosque shooting victims receive $2.1m donation from Chinese businessmen
  • Palace Museum receives 100 million yuan donation from Longfor Group
  • Lingnan University adopts a multi-pronged approach in nurturing innovation and entrepreneurship
  • K. Wah Group Chairman Dr Lui Che-woo donates RMB200m to Tsinghua University Biomedical Sciences Building
  • Alibaba wants to diversify Hong Kong and believes startups are the key
  • Wendy Yu made groundbreaking donation for Met’s Costume Institute
  • Community gets $10m for war chest
  • HKBU receives HK$3 million donation from Digital Blockchain Technology Limited
  • Late HNA chairman’s stake in conglomerate to go to China-based charity
  • Hong Kong categorized above average according to HKU survey on donations
  • Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation Donated RMB10 Million to Support Restoration of the Great Wall
  • Chinese Tech Companies Reinvent Online Philanthropy
  • Philanthropic assets can grow by half if Hong Kong relaxes taxation cap
  • Robin Li and Melissa Ma Donate RMB 660 Million to Peking University
  • Edwin S.H. Leong donated US 18.5 million for health aging research
  • Chinese educational foundation grants scholarships to over 100 Myanmar students
  • Lee Kai Hung donated £5m to The University of Manchester
  • Hui Wing Mau donated the ancient silk road map worth $20 million to the museum
  • China Maotai Group donated US 500,000 for school expansion in Mozambique
  • HK tycoon pledges US$128 million to charity
  • Mei Hing Chak brings Chinese philanthropy to the world stage
  • Dr Lui Che-woo Donates RMB120 Million to The School of Life Sciences of Peking University
  • Beijing philanthropist commits S$2 billion to wildlife conservation
  • PolyU receives a donation of HK$1.08 million from Zhejiang Drore Technology
  • Chinese alumnus pledges $12 million to McGill School of Architecture
  • Lees Charitable Foundation donated £5M to Imperial’s Faculty of Medicine
  • Dead stuntman’s family receives HK$5.8m donation from Jet Li
  • Zhang Lei Establishes US$43M Education Fund For Renmin University
  • Hillhouse Capital’s Zhang Lei Establishes US$43M Education Fund For Renmin University
  • ASIO warned ANU of donor links to Chinese Communist party
  • China Soong Ching Ling Foundation forms new fund
  • Veteran politician Chiam See Tong sets up sports foundation for children
  • Fuyao chairman’s charitable foundation begins local presence
  • Jack Ma to give AUD 26m to Newcastle University
  • A Tencent Co-Founder believes Education is a solution to social problems
  • Chinese questions the billionaire couple’s Caltech donation
  • Li Ka-Shing donates $5million to Auckland university
  • Hong Kong-listed companies lag in corporate giving
  • Tencent to donate 2 percent of profit as Chinese online charity grows
  • Approximately 8% of China’s Super-Rich Donate to Charitable Causes
  • Who is Wang Wenliang, Chinese businessman who donated to McAuliffe?
  • Lui Che-woo donates HK$15.6m to Chinese University
  • MACAU FOUNDATION’S RMB100 MILLION TO JINAN UNIVERSITY STIRS CONTROVERSY
  • GMP Dairy donates $25,000 to National Party
  • Lingnan University receives HK$8 million from Ho Iu Kwong Charity Foundation
  • Fung Foundation donates $1 million for global education programs
  • Tencent’s Pony Ma pledges more than $2bn to charity
  • New edition of former Hong Kong shipping magnate Yue-kong Pao biography published
  • China university recants over non-banker Rothschild error
  • Alibaba Executive Gives $30M to Yale Law School
  • China Charity Law Seeks to Make Giving Easier
  • Henry Cheng donates 300 M Yuan to cyber security training
  • Mystery surrounds Hong Kong-linked donor who gave $100,000 to Liberals
  • He Qiaonv Tops 2015 List of 100 Leading Philanthropists
  • Andrew’s election campaign boosted by Chinese donors
  • Why are Hong Kong’s philanthropists so blinkered?
  • Lu Zhiqiang donated US100 Million to Fudan University
  • Western Sydney University received $3.5 million gift from businessman Xiangmo Huang
  • Anonymous donor makes donations for 17 years in east China
  • One Silicon Valley startup is getting donations from an unlikely source: WeChat users
  • Why China’s super-rich are now eager to invest in philanthropy
  • UN rejects US$15 million donation from Macau billionaire Ng Lap Seng pending bribery investigation
  • Sydney University receives $15 million donation from Dr Chau Chak Wing
  • China’s Charity Donations Top 100 Billion Yuan in 2014
  • Is Hong Kong A Paradise For Charity Fraudsters? It Surely Could Be
  • Who are the biggest Chinese philanthropists?
  • Liangren Li to donate $10m to cancer research
  • Survey shows 80% of Chinese philanthropists donations went to institutions outside mainland
  • Shun Tak Fraternal Association Yung Yau College received a HK$10 million donation to nurture HK teen science talents
  • Govt defends requests to HKU for review on donations
  • Yu Pang-lin’s HK$ 7 billion donation to charity fuels China charity discussion
  • Hong Kong tycoon Yu Pang-lin leaves wealth to charity
  • Who Are China’s Most Caring Billionaires?
  • Li Ka-shing donated HK$1.5 billion to construction of Buddhist shrine in Hong Kong
  • Rilin Enterprises pledged $2 million to Clinton Foundation in 2013
  • Charitable giving in China is growing
  • Mystery Chinese businessman revealed as top Australian political donor
  • Women on 100 Outstanding Donors List Increase in 2014
  • Chinese developer leads surge in donations to major political parties
  • Lau Ming-wai, donates HK$400 million to set up Karolinska Institute in Hong Kong
  • Mystery Chinese donor Zi Chun Wang tops political donations with $850,000 gift to Labor
  • Alibaba Pledges $130 Million to Support Hong Kong Youth Startups
  • Alibaba Group Backs Young Hong Kong Entrepreneurs
  • MIT receives $118 million donation from Samuel Tak Lee for real estate lab
  • HKRC has received HK$670 million for the victims of South Asian Tsunami
  • Chinese netizens slam Mr Pan Shiyi and Ms Zhang Xin’s $13m gift to Yale
  • SOHO China Foundation co-founders Zhang Xin and Pan Shiyi made a $10 million gift to Yale
  • Chan family donated $20 million to USC’s occupational therapy program
  • Hong Kong Group to Give Harvard’s School of Public Health $350 Million
  • Hong Kong : Manulife pledges continued support to children with SLD
  • Sir Run Run Shaw – a philanthropist who couldn’t stop giving
  • Philanthropist Gives CCSU $6.5 Million
  • Sichuan mining tycoon’s fall from philanthropist to ‘triad boss’
  • Philanthropist sues school for ‘misleading’ him
  • For A Good Cause; China’s rich and famous lead the way in charity
  • Alibaba’s Co-Founders Charitable Trusts Valued at Roughly $3 Billion
  • Charity begins at home for city’s HK$7 b top givers
  • Museum donation secures return of historic columns
  • SMIC Donates an Additional 2 Million Yuan to its Children’s Liver Transplant Program
  • HK$100m donation to the Asia Society
  • South China University of Technology: WANG Wenkang Donates to the SCUT Educational Fund
  • Establishment of Yao Ling Sun Professorships at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Businessman paves way for return of relics kept in Norway
  • IBM forks out $100m for China’s next generation of data scientists
  • Chinese University receives a 100 million yuan from Shenzhen Amer
  • University of Hong Kong: New World Group Charity Foundation’s Donation for the Establishment of Clinical and Translational Laboratory in the HKU Department of Surgery
  • Cambridge University’s China funding row: ‘Foreign donations must be regulated’
  • Florence Fang: Daughter of two ‘moms’
  • Fok heir losesbid to challenge will executors
  • Cultural district enjoys million-dollar donations
  • Ex-premier named a top philanthropist
  • Chinese billionaires criticised for giving Harvard $18m
  • King’s College London gets £20m donation for law school
  • China
  • Koo Ming-kown sues school to get $20m back
  • Mr. Behring donates US$30 million worth of specimen to natural history museum
  • Asia Society Hong Kong Center Receives $12.9 Million from Robert Miller
  • Donation by Mr. Tao Shing Pee, Chairman of the ShanghaiMart, ranks in fourth place in the “Chinese Top 100 Donation List”
  • ‘Doing what’s right’ \ Chinese oil giant pumps record donation into Calgary Public Library
  • Vancouver resident donates $10-million to New York museum for Chinese art
  • Macao Foundation donates 3.92 mln USD for cataract patients
  • Blackstone chairman to set up China scholarship
  • SMIC Contributes 2 Million Chinese Yuan to Fund Liver Transplants for Disadvantaged Children
  • A social experiment
  • The University of Hong Kong: 10 Sep 2013 First University-Wide Student Excellence Scheme in HKU Established Through the Support of Mr Chui Wai-Kwan
  • Hong Kong Baptist University: Chinese Medicine Charity Foundation Receives HK$400,000 in Donations in Support of ‘Privilege Scheme of Chinese Medicine Service for Elderly’
  • HKUST receives leadership boost
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University: PolyU Names Lecture Theatre After Dr Jimmy Tang Kui-Ming
  • Rich find spirit of generous giving
  • HKUST Receives HK$5 Million Donation from Dr Simon Kwok and Dr Eleanor Kwok To support Interdisplinary Engineering and Medicine Research on Endoluminal Medical Devices
  • HKBU Receives a Total of HK$1.2 Million in Donations in Support of Research and Teaching Development of HKBU’s Jao Tsung-I Academy of Sinology
  • Li Ka-shing Donates $130 Million to Israeli University
  • Zhejiang University: ‘Two Missiles and One Satellite Meritorious Service Medals’ of Wang Ganchang Donated to Zhejiang University
  • HKUST Holds Opening Ceremony for Lee Shau Kee Campus and Lee Shau Kee Business Building
  • HKUST receives 20 mln HKD from Li Ka Shing Foundation
  • Li charity in bid to clear HKU medical fog
  • Jones Day Foundation Donates RMB 5 Million to Peking University Faculty Development Project
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University: PolyU Sets up “Dr. Tang Kui Ming Scholarship” with $1.5M Donation
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong: K Foundation, with the Collaboration of Banco Santander, Gives Nearly US$300,000 Donation to the Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Schwarzman Backs China Scholarship; Blackstone Group Founder Donating $100 Million to Help Send 200 Mainly U.S. Students to Asian Country Every Year
  • University urges public to donate bodies for research
  • Li Ka Shing Foundation donates HKD10M to support student development at Ying Wa
  • Philanthropist extends family love to mainland poor
  • HKBU Receives HK$1 Million Donation from Jiachen Technology Limited to Establish Adaptive Learning Centre to Support Science Development
  • HKBU Receives HK$5 Million from Ms. Connie Wong for Publishing Books on Hong Kong History
  • PolyU Receives Donation from Lee Kum Kee Family Foundation
  • HKUST Receives HK$5M Donation from Dr Hari N Harilela to Enhance Teaching & Research Excellence
  • PolyU Receives Shun Hing’s Donation to Implement Campus-Wide Reading Programme
  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong: Wu Jieh Yee Charitable Foundation Donates HK$8 Million to CUHK In Support of the Development of Shiu-Ying Hu Herbarium
  • HKUST Names Learning Commons After Chevalier Group
  • Zhejiang University: Alumnus Hu Jiqiang Donated 10 Million Yuan to Zhejiang University
  • Zhejiang University: Kangerda Made a Donation to Upgrade Kangerda Scholarship
  • Kings College London unveils £20m law scholarship programme
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University: Joint Presentation Ceremony for Yu Pang-lin Scholarship
  • Rich youngsters keen to spend on philanthropy
  • Tycoon’s son gives £6m to UK university
  • Tencent CEO Donates 13 Million to Build School
  • Most US NGOs not registered
  • Hong Kong Tan Zhao Charitable Fund Donated RMB 20 million yuan to Support the Development of Tsinghua
  • Fashion house denies gift linked to cinema row
  • China’s Biggest Philanthropist Puts America’s Biggest Philanthropist To Shame
  • China’s Alibaba sets up foundation to protect environment
  • Chi Mei founder donates museum to Tainan
  • UnionPay makes donations for quake relief efforts
  • Stanford, Harvard get $5.2 million for Buddhist studies
  • Philanthropic donations reach 70 billion yuan in China
  • One Billion Yuan In Donations From A Billionaire
  • Li Ka Shing Foundation makes $1.5 million donation to boost Yale stem cell research
  • Jackie Chan: Philanthropy’s Hardest Working Man
  • It’s so much better to give
  • Inauguration of Lee Kum Kee Philanthropy School in Sichuan
  • Genting gives biggest cash donation for Sendong victims
  • Dr. Albert Yeung Elected “Top 10 Philanthropists” for Three Consecutive Years
  • Chinese real estate tycoon donates $6.2m to NUS
  • China sets up 1st charity fund financed by stocks
  • China billionaire donates NT$6.8 mil.
  • BRIEF: UC Berkeley gets a $15 million gift for museum and college
  • Rich Chinese Donating More Than Ever Before
  • Gift Shows China Philanthropy Has Reached the Big Leagues; Charity Surges on the Mainland as Donations Fall in the U.S.; ‘Time for Us to Give,’ top Chinese Philanthropist Says
  • Geely donates millions for quake relief in northwest China
  • Glass tycoon plans to donate $920m in shares
  • China philanthropy review for 2008
  • Cathay Pacific’s ‘Change for Good’ raises another HK$10 million in 2008 to help the work of UNICEF
  • BOC overseas business surges in face of global credit crisis
  • A culture of giving can help our universities excel
  • Top Philanthropists Donate $1.8B In 5 Years
  • Tin Ka Ping Foundation Helps Fund HKUST development for the Third Time
  • HKJC pledges HK$1b to support post-earthquake reconstruction in Sichuan
  • Donation from Fong’s Industries Co., Ltd. – Supports HKU’s Applied Research in Mechanical Engineering
  • Companies in China donate over 3.5 billion yuan for quake relief
  • China Precision Steel’s Chairman and CEO to Donate $19.9 Million to the University of Hong Kong
  • Charity group donates 410 mln yuan for reconstruction in quake zone
  • IAS at HKUST Attracts a Major Gift from the US
  • Hong Kong philanthropist Dr Li Ka-shing graces ceremony to name historic building in his honour at Bukit Timah Campus
  • Hong Kong Entrepreneur endows new lecturership in Chinese history at Oxford University and Fellowship at Pembroke College
  • For Want Of A Better Way To Donate
  • China’s rich give back as philanthropy surges
  • China’s rich are giving it away
  • Asia’s richest man has big plans to transform giving in China. This big: $10 billion
  • $400M Donation to Support HKUST’s Drive Towards World Class Excellence
  • $2 million for new rez – Hong Kong philanthropist creates space for international students
  • The thriving business of giving generously
  • Hong Kong Philanthropist Pledges $4M for New UBC Residence, Cultural Centre
  • Generous Hong Kong ahead in charity handouts
  • Charity begins at home