Global private equity funds – the most agile investor in the cross-border real estate world – poured US$5.1 billion into China and Hong Kong property in the first quarter of this year, making the spots the top and third most favoured destinations respectively in Asia, according to Knight Frank.China absorbed US$3.6 billion of private equity capital in the first quarter while Hong Kong took in US$1.53 billion. By comparison, $1.56 billion went to second-placed India and $1.3 billion to Japan,…