Foreign fundraisers 'shameless': former Chinese official
Foreign fundraisers 'shameless': former Chinese official
A former Chinese official has inexplicably lashed out at foreign fundraisers in China after it was revealed that locals used counterfeit money to purchase charity goods at a benefit event for children with disabilities.
On Sunday, various foreign consulates in Guangzhou, the capital of southern Guangdong province, joined forces to sell charity goods to raise money for disabled children across China.
Organizers of the fundraiser have expressed their disappointment at discovering 5,000 yuan (US$800) of fake 100-yuan bills among their total receipts from the event, which totaled 330,000 yuan (US$53,000). The counterfeit bills were said to have slipped past the detection of foreign consulate staff who are not sufficiently familiar with Chinese currency.
Rather than voicing his embarrassment over the locals who used the fake money, He Keng, the former deputy director of China's National Bureau of Statistics, directed his anger towards the organizers of the fundraiser instead.
"The true intent of foreign consulates in doing something like this is to make the Chinese people lose face!" He wrote on his Sina Weibo microblog, adding that China does not need that extra 330,000 yuan (US$53,000). "The real shameless parties here are those doing the charity sales!" he wrote.
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A former Chinese official has inexplicably lashed out at foreign fundraisers in China after it was revealed that locals used counterfeit money to purchase charity goods at a benefit event for children with disabilities.
On Sunday, various foreign consulates in Guangzhou, the capital of southern Guangdong province, joined forces to sell charity goods to raise money for disabled children across China.
Organizers of the fundraiser have expressed their disappointment at discovering 5,000 yuan (US$800) of fake 100-yuan bills among their total receipts from the event, which totaled 330,000 yuan (US$53,000). The counterfeit bills were said to have slipped past the detection of foreign consulate staff who are not sufficiently familiar with Chinese currency.
Rather than voicing his embarrassment over the locals who used the fake money, He Keng, the former deputy director of China's National Bureau of Statistics, directed his anger towards the organizers of the fundraiser instead.
"The true intent of foreign consulates in doing something like this is to make the Chinese people lose face!" He wrote on his Sina Weibo microblog, adding that China does not need that extra 330,000 yuan (US$53,000). "The real shameless parties here are those doing the charity sales!" he wrote.
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