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Man of property, possibly China's James Bond? (6,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

estate agent

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'man of property' is the definition.
(someone dealing in property)

'china's james bond?' is the wordplay.
'china's' becomes 'estate' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'james bond?' becomes 'agent' (James Bond is an example).
'estate'+'agent'='ESTATE AGENT'

'possibly' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for estate agent that I've seen before include "Someone who arranges the buying and selling of property for clients" , "Property dealer" , "One selling houses" , "Person supposed to facilitate house sales" , "Intermediary in the sale or rental of property" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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