The China syndrome: At the frontline of Australian property revolution

By Shane Green
Updated September 21 2014 - 1:13pm, first published 12:15am
Monika Tu, of Black Diamondz,  uses her Chinese heritage to help find homes for wealthy Chinese buyers in Australia. Photo: Mark Nolan
Monika Tu, of Black Diamondz, uses her Chinese heritage to help find homes for wealthy Chinese buyers in Australia. Photo: Mark Nolan
Monika Tu, of Black Diamondz,  uses her Chinese heritage to help find homes for wealthy Chinese buyers in Australia. Photo: Mark Nolan
Monika Tu, of Black Diamondz, uses her Chinese heritage to help find homes for wealthy Chinese buyers in Australia. Photo: Mark Nolan
Monika Tu, of Black Diamondz,  uses her Chinese heritage to help find homes for wealthy Chinese buyers in Australia. Photo: Mark Nolan
Monika Tu, of Black Diamondz, uses her Chinese heritage to help find homes for wealthy Chinese buyers in Australia. Photo: Mark Nolan
Monika Tu, of Black Diamondz,  uses her Chinese heritage to help find homes for wealthy Chinese buyers in Australia. Photo: Mark Nolan
Monika Tu, of Black Diamondz, uses her Chinese heritage to help find homes for wealthy Chinese buyers in Australia. Photo: Mark Nolan

Monika Tu sells houses with price tags in the millions, to wealthy buyers at the top end of the market who share her Chinese heritage. But, she explains, she doesn't think of herself as a real estate agent. "I see myself as a missionary," says Tu. "I come with a mission - to help the Chinese."

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