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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Read MoreXinhua gives the latest update on the “nail house” in Chongqing: A Chinese couple’s battle to stop developers from razing their home has finally come to an end with a negotiated agreement that will nevertheless see their house in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality demolished Monday evening. Wu Ping and Yang Wu, the owner of the […]
Read MoreFrom RFA Unplugged blog: Where: Sanhekou village, Beihai City, Guangxi Province When: Tuesdsay 3/27 and Wednesday 3/28 What: Up to 1,000 people, including anti-riot police, demolition crew in hard hats, and uniformed personnel in military fatigues, forcibly demolished the village and beat villagers who refused to move; several people were injured; local media are prohibited […]
Read MoreFrom China in Transition blog: Huang Yun, chief of Jiulongpo District, showing a image of the redeveloped area at a press conferenceThe newest deadline for Yang Wu to leave and have his house removed is April 10. This is the third time the local court issued such an order to Mr. Yang, and the two-story […]
Read MoreESWN just translated another long article from the Chinese media about the Chongqing “Nail House”: A Southern Weekend report titled “The Inside Investigation of the Chongqing ‘Nail House’” written by Zhang Rui (º†ÊǶ): On the evening of March 27, Yang Wu, the owner of the building on number 17, Hexing Road, Yangjiaping, Chongqing, appeared on […]
Read MoreEven after the Central Propaganda Department’s order to the press banning independent reporting on Chongqing’s “Nail House” event, many Chinese media continue to run commentary and discussions on this case, generally exploring its relationship to the Property Law. David Kelly has translated a series of article titles from Chinese media, just to illustrate that the […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua (in CHinese), translated by CDT: At 10 am, March 31, 2007, the Jiulongpo District government held a press conference on the old town reform project in the area of Hexing Road. The governer of the district said: the district court issued a public notice on March 30, 2007, ordering Yang Wu to move […]
Read MoreThe Party’s Propaganda Department has given orders to Chinese domestic media to stop reporting on the “nail house” story, a Chinese journalist who is currently in Chongqing wrote on his blog. Now some Chinese bloggers have taken up their “citizen journalist” role. Read the following post from China in Transition blog: While the Chinese public […]
Read MoreChina Media Project has translated portions of an editorial in China Youth Daily criticizing domestic media’s coverage of the “nail house” story, saying the reports have been blown out of proportion. From CMP’s introduction: The China Youth Daily editorial, written by Lu Gaofeng (ÈôÜÈ´òÂ≥∞), suggests that some media have used (or abused) coverage of the […]
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