Sun, sand and stir-fry? Miami woos Chinese investors

Miami has a Little Havana and Little Haiti, a neighborhood known as Westonzuela and even the Venetian Islands. What it doesn't have is a Chinatown.

Shan-Jie Li wants to do something about it. The developer from the city of Linyi in China's wintry northeast aims to make Florida's most-populous metropolitan area, with its clean beaches and tropical climate, a destination for Chinese property investors.

"We are focused on bringing to Miami the new wave of Chinese who are wealthy and educated," Li said. "The environment in Miami makes for a very suitable lifestyle. Playing golf and going to the beach are huge attractions."