what u think of "too ostentatious" charity ?
about "high profile" and "low profile" charity?
Chen Guangbiao, China's top philanthropist,
and over 50 mainland entrepreneurs are in Taiwan,
distributing 500 million New Taiwan dollars to the poor.
His red envelops set off an uproar on the entire island.
Taiwan's Pan-Green Coalition questions them for
not helping out their poor fellow mainlanders.
Their coming to Taiwan to donate money in a
high-profile way is obviously
for the Communist Party's united front.
The ex-chair of the Taiwan Bar Association,
Attorney Tsang Shiu Cheong said, in mainland China,
150 million live below the poverty line,
the regime should raise national income for them.
DPP legislators criticize Chen's high-profile trip
as part of the implementation of the "Three-In" policy
promoted by Hu Jintao on United Front, i.e.
"into the island, into homes and into the brain."
Legislator Huang Sue-Ying pointed out,
Chinese regime is using the united front
to win over low-incomers, by giving small benefits.
Low-income families are misled into believing that
if Taiwan is reunified with China, they may get rich.
Meanwhile, the Chinese authorities will say in China
that Taiwan's economy is bad and people are poor.
Legislator Wu Yu-Sheng pointed out that
out of all Taiwanese philanthropists, charities,
businesses and religious groups donating to China,
for disaster relief, school construction or poverty relief,
no one has ever been in such a high-profile way.
Legislator Chen Ting-Fei:
Taiwanese people do good deeds almost every day,
but have we heard their names? Do we know them?
No. They are doing good deeds quietly.
Chen went to Taoyuan County to donate on Jan 30,
but didn't see throngs of residents asking for money.
Previously, many residents sparked controversies
by blocking the road to ask for his red envelopes.
Chen gave 10 million Taiwanese dollars to
the Taoyuan County Bureau of Social Affairs.
However, Chen said low-key philanthropy is like
"suffering in silence without sympathy."
Legislator Shuai Hua-ming: I think the local charities
and governments should know who needs help.
It is good to distribute systematically through them.
Taiwanese news network Southern News reported,
Hurun Research Institute, well-known for its
"China Rich Report," just released its 2nd report.
12 years after its release of its first China Rich List,
24 "problematic rich people" have been sacked,
including the former richest man, Huang Guangyu.
Most of them were arrested for bribery and/or fraud.
The publisher Hoogewerf doesn't think there is
a causal relationship between being listed or sacked.
The report reads: "The pigs that are doomed will die,
regardless of being listed or not."
However, "the important question is,
what did these fat pigs eat,
which made them so fragile in the end? "
South News says, in China, politics is everything.
The so-called tax evasion, capital market problems
or bribery are just excuses to strike down the rich,
who don't obey the Chinese government's orders.
The real reason behind their arrests is
not maintaining proper political relations,
not sharing wealth with the powerful
or not serving the powerful people's political needs.
Chen's distributing money in Taiwan is for united front
and serving the political needs of the Communist Party.
NTD reporter Wang Ziqi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3phMQCRFnRw
