Li Ka-Shing’s College Donations Keep Him on Beijing’s Good Side
Criticized for selling Chinese assets, the Hong Kong tycoon has poured some $1 billion into Shantou University, which he founded in 1981.
Allen T Cheng
December 17, 2025
Billionaire Li Ka-shing, chairman of CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. and Cheung Kong Property Holdings Ltd., sits for a photograph in Hong Kong, China, on Thursday, June 16, 2016. Hong Kong's richest man stepped up his calls for Britons to vote in favor of staying in the European Union as the world braces for the outcome of this week's vote. Photographer: Calvin Sit/Bloomberg
Calvin Sit/Bloomberg
