What's interesting is that it's very common for wealthy Chinese to invest in / move their families and their money into the States. Just look at places like Seattle, where around one-third of all $1+ homes are purchased by foreign Chinese, and according to this NYT article, three-quarters of their purchases are all cash. *
San Francisco and Vancouver are in the same boat. Bids for property that are all cash and 20-30% over market price are commonplace.
Hopefully with the USD strengthening to foreign currencies, 2015 will be the year this trend reverses, as foreign investors advantageously start to move capital back into their home countries.
* http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/business/in-suburban-seatt...