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  • HSBC and the China Charity Foundation celebrated a decade of working together last month, bringing in the global bank's chairman and renting a room in the Great Hall of the People.

    Organisers of the event extended the charity to Chinese reporters: donating Rmb200 ($26.40, €19.33, £13) to each of those who attended, according to people present.

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    Such payments - called "transport money" by public relations firms - are a ubiquitous feature of Chinese media events

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  • 07 Aug 07
    • HSBC and the China Charity Foundation celebrated a decade of working together last month, bringing in the global bank's chairman and renting a room in the Great Hall of the People.

      Organisers of the event extended the charity to Chinese reporters: donating Rmb200 ($26.40, €19.33, £13) to each of those who attended, according to people present.

      ADVERTISEMENT

      Such payments - called "transport money" by public relations firms - are a ubiquitous feature of Chinese media events