{"id":8806,"date":"2016-03-22T14:26:50","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T07:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/poetry-or-property-punts-whats-driving-chinas-love-affair-with-cambridge\/"},"modified":"2016-03-22T14:40:50","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T07:40:50","slug":"poetry-or-property-punts-whats-driving-chinas-love-affair-with-cambridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/poetry-or-property-punts-whats-driving-chinas-love-affair-with-cambridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry or property punts: what's driving China's love affair with Cambridge?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHouse prices in Cambridge have risen 50% since 2010 \u2013 caused in part by Chinese investors whose passion for the city may have begun with a poem they learned at school. But what do local residents make of this romantic vision?On the edge of Scholar\u2019s Piece, the strip of farmland just behind King\u2019s College, lies a granite stone which has become arguably Cambridge\u2019s most coveted tourist attraction. For the many students who amble past it every day, it\u2019s easily missed; placed rather innocuously next to the bridge that joins Scholar\u2019s Piece to the rest of the college. But for the thousands of Chinese tourists who travel to Cambridge every year, it is this, rather than the city\u2019s grand 15th-century chapel, meticulously manicured lawns or historical statues, that they\u2019ve come to see. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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