English golf club hit by dispute with new Chinese owners
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LONDON has been cosying up to Beijing in recent years in the hope of attracting Chinese investment - but in one leafy corner of England, the love-in has turned to acrimony.
Long-time members of Wentworth, a hallowed golf club in the affluent county of Surrey just west of London, accuse the new Chinese owners of using an eye-watering fee hike to get rid of them and turn the club into a preserve of the global ultra-rich.
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