Tycoon offers Chinese cars for Japanese amid row
- Published: 12 Oct 2012 at 02.49
- Online news: Asia
A Chinese philanthropist known for his populist gestures has pledged to give domestically made cars to more than 40 people whose vehicles were damaged in widespread anti-Japan protests last month.
Chinese billionaire and philanthropist Chen Guangbiao jumps on the roofs of the new cars which he bought costing five million yuan (795,000 USD) in Beijing as presents to the 43 owners of Japanese cars that were damaged last month during the nationwide anti-Japan protests.
The protests erupted in cities across China last month over a dispute involving islets in the East China Sea, with some demonstrators targeting Japanese-brand cars.
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