In the early 1980s, Li Ka-shing, the richest man, angered the radicals of the Kuomintang because he donated to build Shantou University, and was almost assassinated by the Taiwanese gangsters.
(Reported by Sing Tao Daily) The latest issue of Eastern Weekly exclusively reported that Li Ka-shing, the richest man in Hong Kong, donated to build Shantou University in the early 1980s to support education in the mainland, which angered the radicals of the Kuomintang. Someone in the party ordered the Taiwanese gangsters to try to assassinate him.The report quoted a political and economic man who said that when Li Ka-shing founded Shantou University, the radicals of the Kuomintang believed that this meant that the Hong Kong capitalists agreed with the Communist Party, so they instructed the gangsters to plan an assassination operation. Xu Jiatun, the former Xinhua News Agency Hong Kong branch, learned of this and toldLi Ka-shing "warned" and advised him to find a way to save his life.The late writer Liu Yiliang, whose pen name was "Jiangnan", was assassinated in the United States a few weeks later, suspected of offending the radicals of the Kuomintang with his biography of Chiang Ching-kuo.
In the early 1980s, the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was still very tense. At the same time, many Hong Kong businessmen seized the opportunity to work in the Mainland. The latest issue of Eastern Weekly reported that the radicals of the Kuomintang in Taiwan had two assassination targets. One was the late writer with the pen name "Jiangnan"Liu Yiliang, the other is Li Ka-shing, the richest man in Hong Kong.
The report quoted a political and economic source who said that a few weeks before Jiangnan was assassinated, Xu Jiatun, the former head of the Hong Kong branch of Xinhua News Agency, had secretly informed Li Ka-shing that he had received news that the Taiwanese gang Zhulian was planning to assassinate Jiangnan and Li Ka-shing, but Li Ka-shing did not understand the incident.I feel baffled, thinking that I have offended no one, and I am puzzled that I have become the assassination target of the Taiwanese gangsters.
Political and economic experts explained that the assassination was related to Li Ka-shing’s donation to build Shantou University. “On the one hand, Taiwan feels that what he donated was not a small university but a large university, and even a medical school.A big capitalist, subsidizing education in the Mainland is tantamount to agreeing with the Communist Party, some people are extremely dissatisfied with this, so they want to assassinate him.”
The source continued to point out that Xu Jiatun was worried that Li Ka-shing would take it lightly, and emphasized that the relevant news did not come from him, but "someone from above told him to "warn" Mr. Li."The government made a request for protection. "At that time, the Chinese side was arguing with the British Hong Kong government on the issue of 24-hour customs clearance. Xu Jiatun said it was inconvenient. It would be better if Mr. Li proposed it to the British Hong Kong government." Li Ka-shing believed that he was being targeted by Taiwan politics.In fact, if you ask for protection, you will implicate others, so you have not asked the authorities for protection, and you should be more vigilant and reduce going out.
Political and economic experts believe that Li Ka-shing is not only concerned about personal safety, but also worried about affecting his family and other people. "Taiwan was still very powerful in Southeast Asia in the 1970s and 1980s, so I didn't want to affect the safety of others." The result happened a few weeks later.The "Jiangnan Case" was widely rumored at the time that Jiangnan was assassinated in California, USA because of his biography of Chiang Ching-kuo, which offended those in power, which aroused great international concern.
Because Taiwan's National Defense Intelligence Agency was accused of instigating the Bamboo Union Gang to assassinate Jiangnan, Jiang Jingguo and his son Jiang Xiaowu were once involved in the murder.Under tremendous pressure from the United States, the Taiwan court finally made a verdict that "this case was caused by intelligence bureau officials arbitrarily, not at the instigation of high-level officials."Ministry of Intelligence Director Wang Xiling.
After experiencing the "Jiangnan case", it was reported that the Taiwan side sent a message through a friend of Li Ka-shing, indicating that Chiang Ching-kuo had no knowledge of the attempted assassination of him, and it was not the government's doing. Chiang even invited Li Ka-shing to visit and investigate. If Li decided to go, he would sendFor the official invitation, Li also thanked Chiang Ching-kuo for his clarification and assurance afterwards.
Although he stood up for the country to build Shantou University and was almost assassinated, it did not stop Li Ka-shing from making contributions to the country.Xu Jiatun mentioned in his memoirs that when Li Ka-shing met him for the first time, he expressed that he would not forget that he was Chinese. "I am happy that the country is reforming and opening up!" Li Ka-shing founded the Li Ka-shing Foundation in 1980, and about 80% of the projects areIn the Greater China region, donations of more than 20 billion yuan have been made so far, mainly supporting medical and educational projects. Among them, Shantou University was established with the approval of the State Council in 1981. It was planned and built by Li Ka-shing. So far, it has directly donated more than 10 billion yuan. Shantou UniversityMore than 90% of the construction of the university campus is funded by foundations. It is the only public university in Guangdong Province and the mainland that is funded by private foundations for a long time.
