Censorship Vault: Reporter Beaten for Investigating Hunan Nail House
The following propaganda directive was first published by Reporters Without Borders. Hunan...
Read MorePosted by Anne Henochowicz | Nov 15, 2013
The following propaganda directive was first published by Reporters Without Borders. Hunan...
Read MorePosted by Anne Henochowicz | Dec 20, 2012
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet...
Read MorePosted by Liu Yong | Dec 22, 2009
From Los Angeles Times: For avid fans, the hit series is a rare taste of urban realism: must-see TV, Chinese-style. The weekly show “Wo Ju,” or “Snail House,” has wowed young audiences with its racy...
Read MorePosted by Liu Yong | Jul 16, 2008
From BBC News: A Beijing family are refusing to move from their city centre home, despite a court order threatening to throw them out. Family members say they are not being offered enough compensation for the home they bought 60...
Read MorePosted by Xiao Qiang | Jul 14, 2008
From the Time-blog: Beijing is full of patriotism these days. National flags adorn cars and “I [heart] China” t-shirts are in fashion. But it’s hard to match the display of one small store in central Beijing. A national flag...
Read MorePosted by Sophie Beach | Apr 30, 2007
From the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: As mainstream media were forced to abandon coverage of the “nail house“, Mr Zhou’s site became a popular alternative source of updates. At its peak, it attracted more than 37,000 visitors a day. Others hoping to negotiate better deals with developers or to highlight violations of […]
Read MorePosted by Michael Zhao | Apr 13, 2007
Nail house domino in the works? Here is another from Shenzhen, reported by South China Morning Post, via Simon World (photo: the Shenzhen nail house, via Simon World): Developers wanting to turn a Shenzhen site into the city’s tallest building are being blocked by an obstinate Hong Kong man whose building has become the mainland’s […]
Read MorePosted by Xiao Qiang | Apr 6, 2007
Wu Ping and Yang Wu gained international celebrity for their refusal to move out of their house to make room for a shopping mall. Their face-off lasted three years but it has now come to an end. They previously demanded a house the same size, height and exposure as theirs as well as 625-thousand dollars. […]
Read MorePosted by Sophie Beach | Apr 4, 2007
China Media Project examines the online aftermath of the “nail house”: Just after 7pm Monday, crews went to work destroying China’s “toughest nail house”, an isolated Chongqing residence where homeowners had vowed for days to fight for their rights and stand up to property developers [Chinese coverage]. As demolition work began, the homeowners reportedly reached […]
Read MorePosted by Xiao Qiang | Apr 3, 2007
From China in Transition blog: They accepted an offer of a same-size property at a different location as the exchange for the nail house, plus 900,000 yuan ($112,500) of compensation for their business loss due to the redevelopment construction.Journalists, however, were not able to reach the couple for comments on the finale of their long […]
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