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Tuesday, 4 March 2014

China Tropical Island Lures Rich Homebuyers Fleeing Smog

Zoe Zhang, a 38-year-old housewife from Shanghai, plans to spend as much as 2 million yuan ($325,000) to breathe a little clean air.


Since December, Zhang has been shopping for a home in Sanya on Hainan, a tropical island in the South China Sea that has been compared to Hawaii because of its sandy beaches and balmy weather. It also has some of China’s cleanest air.


“Air quality has never been so bad in Shanghai,” Zhang said. “I simply want to have a place in Sanya for my baby and parents to fly down and stay during those heavily polluted days.”


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