From The China Blog – TIME:
The Chongqing city government stepped in to the “Nail House” issue yesterday. The South China Morning Post reports that Mayor Wang Hongju said “the government would try to solve the standoff between the villa owner and the developer ‘appropriately’ but would not tolerate an exorbitant price or unreasonable demands.” This doesn’t bode very well for the couple holding out for their cash. This story remains huge on the Chinese internet and has even developed legs with overseas media, most of whom like me were probably intrigued by the image of the house stuck in the middle of the 10 meter deep pit. On reading a bit more about the case it seems increasingly clear the picture is the most interesting part of the episode, with the house owners blatantly playing up to the media. [Full Text]
