The Number
China Daily | Updated: 2013-01-19 07:55
750,000
Yuan
The equivalent of $121,000, was awarded to Xiong Zhaozhong, the World Boxing Council Minimumweight Champion and China's first professional boxing world champion, by the government of Maguan county, Yunnan province. However, the move sparked criticism on the Internet because Maguan is a poverty-stricken county.
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