• Dojan@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I’ve a friend in Taiwan. She says it’s common for rich Chinese people to buy homes in Taiwan as a way of locking down that money in a way the government can’t access it.

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      11 months ago

      Fairly common scheme with Canada, rich Chinese buy a house in Canada, declare their taxes as being paid in Canada to Chinese authorities and being paid in China to Canadian authorities…

      The different levels of Canadian governments get criticized for letting them buy properties and companies here when Canadians would never be allowed to do the same in China…

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        11 months ago

        My friend in Taiwan is experiencing something similar. Their bank was all “oh yeah you can absolutely get a loan as a foreigner with us as long as your Taiwanese parent is willing to cosign”.

        They already own the home, they’re just trying to restructure the mortgage after a breakup.

        It’s ridiculous.