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Chinese recycling magnate worth approximately $400 million and the self-proclaimed "most influential person of China", hosted a lunch for more than 200 homeless people. Guangbiao, performed magic tricks and gave away money to homeless people, who were brought in on buses from New York City Rescue Mission. "I have visited the U.S. every month since last November, I see many homeless people, poor people on the streets, searching for food in the garbage bins," Chen said about his latest charity donation. As the event ended, confusion and frustration erupted amongst the attendees, as Guangbiao had promised each person $300, but later revoked the deal and donated $90,000 to the New York City Rescue Mission instead.
Show all 20 1 /20In pictures: Tycoon takes 250 homeless men out to restaurant In pictures: Tycoon takes 250 homeless men out to restaurant USA Chinese Businessman Chen Guangbiao performs a magic trick during a luncheon he organized for 1,000 poor New Yorkers at the Loeb Boathouse restaurant in Central Park in New York
In pictures: Tycoon takes 250 homeless men out to restaurant USA Sharon Robinson (L) and Roy Gantt, both residents of the New York City Rescue Mission, look over their just served desserts at The Loeb Boathouse restaurant in New York. Recycling magnate Chen Guangbiao, known for his sometimes eccentric gestures served up a fancy lunch to hundreds of homeless New Yorkers at a Central Park restaurant and serenaded them with "We are the World"
In pictures: Tycoon takes 250 homeless men out to restaurant USA Men eat as Chinese philanthropist Chen Guangbiao hosts a lunch for several hundred homeless people from the New York City Rescue Mission at The Boathouse restaurant in New York's Central Park
In pictures: Tycoon takes 250 homeless men out to restaurant USA The table service was slightly more popular than billionaire Chen Guangbiao, who was said to have talked too much
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In pictures: Tycoon takes 250 homeless men out to restaurant USA Desert is served during a lunch and press conference held by Chen Guangbiao
In pictures: Tycoon takes 250 homeless men out to restaurant USA Chinese millionaire Chen Guangbiao stands with men to whom he has given $300 during a lunch he sponsored for hundreds of needy New Yorkers at Loeb Boathouse in New York's Central Park
In pictures: Tycoon takes 250 homeless men out to restaurant USA People react after finding out they will not be receiving money that they had been promised outside the New York Rescue Mission in the Manhattan borough of New York
In pictures: Tycoon takes 250 homeless men out to restaurant USA People wear communist era uniform costumes as they wait to meet Chinese millionaire Chen Guangbiao during a lunch he sponsored for hundreds of needy New Yorkers at Loeb Boathouse in New York's Central Park
In pictures: Tycoon takes 250 homeless men out to restaurant USA Members of the media and fans attend a lunch and press conference held by Chen Guangbiao
In pictures: Tycoon takes 250 homeless men out to restaurant USA Men wait outside the New York City Rescue Mission for $300 promised to them by Chen Guangbiao
In pictures: Tycoon takes 250 homeless men out to restaurant USA Shatima Davis, an occasional resident of the New York Rescue Mission, enjoys an appetizer at The Loeb Boathouse restaurant in New York
In pictures: Tycoon takes 250 homeless men out to restaurant USA Harry Brooks dances during a lunch and press conference held by Chen Guangbiao
In pictures: Tycoon takes 250 homeless men out to restaurant USA Ernest St. Pierre yells as he finds out that he will not be given $300 by Chinese millionaire Chen Guangbiao during a lunch sponsored for hundreds of needy New Yorkers at Loeb Boathouse in New York's Central Park
In pictures: Tycoon takes 250 homeless men out to restaurant USA Men queue outside the New York City Rescue Mission for $300 promised to them by Chen Guangbiao
In pictures: Tycoon takes 250 homeless men out to restaurant USA Chen Guangbiao sings "We are the World" to a group of approximately 200 homeless people, whom he treated to lunch at the Boat House in Central Park
In pictures: Tycoon takes 250 homeless men out to restaurant USA Chinese billionaire Chen Guangbiao performs magic tricks during a lunch he sponsored for hundreds of needy New Yorkers at Loeb Boathouse in New York's Central Park. Several hundred people showed up for the lunch and Chen entertained them by singing "We Are the World," the 1985 charity hit song to fund African famine relief, and a ceremony in which Chen was presented with a certificate declaring him "the world's greatest philanthropist"
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In pictures: Tycoon takes 250 homeless men out to restaurant USA Chen Guangbiao, a Chinese recycling magnate worth approximately $400 Million, speaks with two severely deformed women, one of whom he claims to have paid for plastic surgery for, during a lunch he hosted for a group of approximately 200 homeless people, at the Boat House in Central Park in New York City
In pictures: Tycoon takes 250 homeless men out to restaurant USA Chinese philanthropist Chen Guangbiao (C) poses with men holding gifts of money as he hosts a lunch for several hundred homeless people from the New York City Rescue Mission at The Boathouse restaurant in New York's Central Park. Chen also was to give USD $300 to each participant in the lunch
In pictures: Tycoon takes 250 homeless men out to restaurant USA Chinese millionaire Chen Guangbiao performs magic tricks during a lunch he sponsored for hundreds of needy New Yorkers at Loeb Boathouse in New York's Central Park
In pictures: Tycoon takes 250 homeless men out to restaurant USA People clap during a lunch and press conference held by Chen Guangbiao, a Chinese recycling magnate worth approximately $400 million and the self-proclaimed "most influential person of China", who hosted the event as a lunch for approximately 200 homeless people and promised them money, but later revoked the promise, at the Boat House in Central Park. Guangbiao, performed magic tricks and gave away money to homeless people, who were brought in on buses from New York City Rescue Mission. "I have visited the U.S. every month since last November, I see many homeless people, poor people on the streets, searching for food in the garbage bins," Chen said about his latest charity donation. As the event ended, confusion and frustration erupted amongst the attendees, as Guangbiao had promised each person $300, but later revoked the deal and donated $90,000 to the New York City Rescue Mission instead
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