Chinese Buyer With CCP Ties Behind Vancouver Real Estate Mega-Deal

Owners of upscale properties include a Chinese 'student' and former 'duck farmer'

This undated file photo shows the beautiful setting of the city of Vancouver, Canada, photographed from West Vancouver. Vancouver’s real estate market is hot, with 40 percent of sales going to the Chinese in 2012. Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

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A $39.9 million Vancouver real estate listing is drawing attention, Business Intelligence for BC (BIV) reports, not just for the high price but because the owner had listed her occupation as “student.”