my friend's husband, a wealthy (VERY) business man, donated $100,000,000 (yes, you read that right) to the chinese university of hk in order to help establish and foster better relations and understanding between the two "countries". it was front page news here about 5 years ago. the amount of flack he took from a lot of the "older" population here was astonishing.
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ipro/pressrelease/050922e.htm