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Huge Donation to Yale
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A total of $8,888,888 was donated to the Yale University by a Chinese businessman named Zhang Lei, who is successful in his career after graduating from Yale. He claimed it was Yale that changed his life. He sent the gift to the university as a return for its help.
The huge donation sparked debates on the Internet. Some criticised him ruthlessly, calling him "scum, trash, dog faeces", even "traitor". They hurled a question why Mr. Zhang didn't donate to the unversities in China, citing Zhang graduated from Renmin University before going abroad for further study. Others thought that he had the right to decide who he would like to donate, which means it is a personal business.
I think donation as philanthropy should be encouraged. Foreign companies also donated to help Chinese people in the fields of education, health, agriculture and so on, let alone part of Zhang's donation will go to help China-related programs and activities at the university.
The huge donation sparked debates on the Internet. Some criticised him ruthlessly, calling him "scum, trash, dog faeces", even "traitor". They hurled a question why Mr. Zhang didn't donate to the unversities in China, citing Zhang graduated from Renmin University before going abroad for further study. Others thought that he had the right to decide who he would like to donate, which means it is a personal business.
I think donation as philanthropy should be encouraged. Foreign companies also donated to help Chinese people in the fields of education, health, agriculture and so on, let alone part of Zhang's donation will go to help China-related programs and activities at the university.
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- Reply ly.identity
- It seems we Chinese always attach too much importance to "being Chinese"."We are Chinese so we should work for China", if not, people will be called traitor, like Lang Ping......
- Reply sayuri
- ly.identity: It seems we Chinese always attach too much importance to "being Chinese"."We are Chinese so we should work for China", if not, peooh ,i can't agree with you , i don't think lang ping is a traitor.
- Reply sayuri
- many foreigners also donation money for our country's school ,and subsidize the students who study good. so we should look this thing as a ordinary thing.
- Reply ly.identity
- sayuri: oh ,i can't agree with you , i don't think lang ping is a traitor.What I what to say is many people hold this idea.
- Reply Samaritan
- ahm718: You're absolutely right! Indeed, it's hard to please all...There is no need to please, I think.
- Reply Samaritan
- ly.identity: It seems we Chinese always attach too much importance to "being Chinese"."We are Chinese so we should work for China", if not, peoWe should work for China as well as the world.
- Reply Samaritan
- sayuri: many foreigners also donation money for our country's school ,and subsidize the students who study good. so we should look this thing as a ordinary thI agree.
- Reply Samaritan
- warmjaney: every one has his or her opinion, and all sound reasonable.Do you have your own point of view?
- Reply MichelleQin
- Actually, I think it is kind of a personal choice and he definitely has the right to decide where he donate his money, cuz that is his money and one always do sth for a reason.
- Reply Samaritan
- MichelleQin: Actually, I think it is kind of a personal choice and he definitely has the right to decide where he donate his money, cuz that is his money and one aagree.
- Reply warmjaney
- Samaritan: Do you have your own point of view?firstly, i didn't agree with him; and what's more he seemed a bit oriented-foreign, and forgot his root.
- Reply woods
- I don't think what he did should be unquestioningly conceded.After all chinese universities also need a lot of money to set up.
- Reply Samaritan
- woods: I don't think what he did should be unquestioningly conceded.After all chinese universities also need a lot of money to set up.I don't think his donation should be censured. Chinese government also donated much money to African countries. That sum was much more than that Mr. Zhang's $8 million. What do you think of that?
- Reply Samaritan
- warmjaney: firstly, i didn't agree with him; and what's more he seemed a bit oriented-foreign, and forgot his root.What do you think of the huge donation of Chinese government to the African countries?
- Reply warmjaney
- Samaritan: What do you think of the huge donation of Chinese government to the African countries?from the perspective of foreign policy, it could promote the friendship between African countries and China. it shows us friendly to some extent; maybe he who donated large amount of money to Yale university could stand for China, but it's different from that you speak of the donation of Chinese government to the African countries? yes?
- Reply Samaritan
- warmjaney: from the perspective of foreign policy, it could promote the friendship between African countries and China. it shows us friendly to some extent; maybI mean Chinese government should appropriate money to satisfy universities in China before donating to the African countries, according to your logic. What do you think?
- Reply warmjaney
- Samaritan: I mean Chinese government should appropriate money to satisfy universities in China before donating to the African countries, according to your logic.yah, you got it; er...
- Reply woods
- Samaritan: I don't think his donation should be censured. Chinese government also donated much money to African countries. That sum was much more than that Mr. ZHehe,my friend~Governmental donations have their special political motives.We ought not to compare that with this in simple way,unless this guy also has his own private intentions.
