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China towns
By Juwai, 13 November 2012
A game of Chinese whispers has been doing the rounds this autumn. Richard Warren reports for the Financial Times.
November 12, 2010 -- In September, an economist claimed on television that Chinese investors are snapping up homes in east London. Two days later, an estate agent who misheard the programme declared that one-third of all home buyers in the British capital come from the People’s Republic of China. Another estate agent got into a muddle, saying one-in-three pupils starting school at Eton College this autumn is Chinese. The true figure is less than 3 per cent.
