{"id":17542,"date":"2014-08-28T02:08:23","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T02:08:23","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-08-28T03:08:26","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T03:08:26","slug":"Chinese-billionaire-accused-of-faking-Ice-Bucket-Challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=17542","title":{"rendered":"Chinese billionaire accused of faking Ice Bucket Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Chinese billionaire who irked scores of homeless New Yorkers by failing to deliver a promise to give them cash<\/a> is facing accusations that he faked an ice bucket challenge.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chen Guangbiao \u2014 the self-styled \u201cbiggest philanthropist\u201d in China \u2014 claimed he spent 30 minutes in a plastic bin of freezing water<\/strong> before donating more than $165,000 to fund medical research, according to Central European News.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs China\u2019s chief philanthropist and number one low-carbon environmentalist it is my honor to help people afflicted with motor neuron disease,\u201d Guangbiao proclaimed on the social media site, Weibo.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anyone can sit in this ice water longer than my 30 minutes, I will donate another one million Yuan,\u201d he posted along with a video.<\/p>\n

But eagle-eyed observers claim the eccentric recycling magnate staged the frigid challenge<\/strong> \u2014 by using big chunks of fake acrylic ice cubes in the video, which was filmed in Nanjing.<\/p>\n

They pointed out the \u201cice\u201d sank in the water instead of floating.<\/p>\n

\u201cHuman beings can only stay in ice water for a few minutes. At the beginning, they must have poured warm water and fake ice onto Chen,\u201d slammed on online critic, Xian Yang.<\/p>\n

Guangbiao, who\u2019s notorious for flashy media stunts, fired back, saying his martial arts skills helped him stay tough in the cold water.<\/p>\n

\u201cI used to practice Kung Fu at the famous Shaolin Temple, so my health is much better than most other people,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bin isn\u2019t very big and as Chen is quite chubby his body takes up so much space there isn\u2019t room for much water and ice anyway,\u201d he said, speaking about himself in a weird third-person joke.<\/p>\n

FAKE!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

In June, Guangbiao treated four busloads of homeless people to lunch at The Loeb Boathouse in Central Park after posting an ad offering the meal and $300 cash.<\/p>\n

But many guests were angry after he failed to fork over the cash.<\/p>\n