China's Philanthropist
In a new China largely preoccupied with getting and spending after decades and perhaps centuries of poverty, Yu Panglin, an 87-year-old real estate developer and hotelier, stands out as a welcome anomaly.
Yu, according to a publication called th Hurun Report, is the most generous philanthropist in China, with 2007 donations totaling US$420 million, more …
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