Gates and Buffet pushing philanthropy in China
US moguls Bill Gates and Warren Buffett hosted a private dinner in Beijing on Wednesday for some of China’s newly rich to talk about giving their money away. China’s communist years put an end to the idea of philanthropy, so today’s new millionaires and billionaires want to hang on to their fortunes. Gates and Buffet want to change that. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out more from the BBC’s Michael Bristow.
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