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With one simple gesture, he simultaneously helps a lot of people and outperforms the entire United States government.

And slaps a glove across Trumps face, which I suspect is the root cause for this gesture.

And/or maybe he just wants to help people. He donated to other countries too.

And/or the economy of China depends on the US being healthy (physically and financially) so Americans can keep buying the manufactured goods which China exports. As a customer, the US is too big to fail.

You've got to give Ma some credit though, this is a classy way to do it. USA/Trump receives foreign aid.

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