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People: Chow Yun-Fat offers $723m to charity

Award-winning actor Chow Yun-Fat has said that he would donate his entire net worth to charity when he dies, a whopping 5 billion yuan ($726 million), garnering widespread acclaim from netizens. In an interview with The Korean Daily, Chow revealed why he intended to do so. "Money is not what can truly bring you happiness. The most difficult thing in our life is not about how much money you make, but how to maintain a calm and peaceful attitude toward our life," he said in the interview. Chow's fame took off in Hong Kong action flicks in the 1980s, and garnered international acclaim as the lead in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in 2000.

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