Chinese buyers have a much bigger impact on the western coasts of the US and Canada (Vancouver specifically) than they do in the UK. Foreign buyers in the UK are mostly European or from the Middle East and conditions in both places are probably making people favor parking capital in the UK.
If you are Chinese and able to get your money out of the country and into foreign property you would probably hold on to that property for as long as you possibly can; by being outside of China it is worth far more than anything you might use to cover domestic debt.
If you are Chinese and able to get your money out of the country and into foreign property you would probably hold on to that property for as long as you possibly can; by being outside of China it is worth far more than anything you might use to cover domestic debt.