Rampant Chinese property investment in Australia is influencing the already intricate relationship between Australians and Chinese, reports the Australian Financial Review (9 January 2016). Despite clamour that Chinese buyers are outpricing local property buyers, many concede that the Chinese cash flow is a boon to Australia. "Chinese investment has unblocked a new supply pipeline, and spurred a development boom," says Simon Henry, Co-Founder of Juwai.com. "The NSW government would like to take credit for apartment starts in that state, but you wouldn't see the historic levels of new construction that we have today without Chinese buyers being so willing to purchase off the plan," he adds.