Boost to anti-virus campaign

By The Nation

 

 

Several billionaires and companies in China and abroad have made donations to the Chinese government in support of its campaign against the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), currently spreading in the country.

 

 

The donors of money and medical items are: 

 

Bill Gates: US$10 million to China and Africa.

 

Jack Ma: CNY100 million to China.

 

Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault: US$2.3 million to China.

 

François Pinault: US$1 million to China.

 

Dhanin Chearavanont: Bt222 million and 30 tonnes of disinfectants from Charoen Pokphand Group to China.

 

Chinese tech companies (Huawei, Baidu, Tencent, and ByteDance) have donated a total of CNY800 million to the government.

 

Meanwhile, Alibaba has established a CNY1 billion fund for the purchases of medical equipment.

 

As of Friday (January 31), 9,776 people had been infected around the world and 213 had died, according to official reports. Other sources have cited much higher figures.

 

After China locked down parts of the country as a control measure, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the coronavirus outbreak in the country an international public health emergency.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30381376

 

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Set up a GoFundMe.????

Me wonders if that's tax deductible and with all the corruption in China, how much of it will reach the people, just saying........

 

 

Edited February 1, 20206 yr by 4MyEgo

I thought China is a rich country - (at least the government)

Do they really need donations for doing their duty?

 

Edited February 1, 20206 yr by sweatalot

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Dhanin Chearavanont: Bt222 million and 30 tonnes of disinfectants from Charoen Pokphand Group to China.

A rare example of philanthropy from one of Thailand's richest families. well done Mr CP.

Perhaps the Shinawatras could donate some money to Thailand? Or rather, return some money?

28 minutes ago, madmitch said:

A rare example of philanthropy from one of Thailand's richest families. well done Mr CP.

One Chinese giving to other Chinese.

Maybe someone could fund an extension of the Great Wall to encompass the entire perimeter!

9 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

Me wonders if that's tax deductible and with all the corruption in China, how much of it will reach the people, just saying........

 

 

off course it is

for most, the save a lot of face ... either pay tax or donate ...what do you think in FACELAND

From Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanin_Chearavanont

Quote

Dhanin Chearavanont or Chia Kok Min (Thai: ธนินท์ เจียรวนนท์, Chinese: 谢国民; pinyin: Xiè Guómín; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhía2 Kok1-Mín5) (born 1939) is a Thai-Chinese billionaire businessman, based in Bangkok. He is the senior chairman of CP Group, Thailand's largest private company. Dhanin is head of the Chearavanont family, which was ranked by Forbes Asia in 2017 as Asia's fourth-wealthiest family with a net worth of US$36.6 billion.

 

On 2/1/2020 at 9:54 AM, madmitch said:

A rare example of philanthropy from one of Thailand's richest families. well done Mr CP.

Right. Sterling chap.

 

99% he'll claim the tax deduction though. And 99% he asked his accountant to recommend the optimum amount to donate.

 

Worth remembering that a cat can't be a dog. Nature and nurture makes us all what we are.