These videos were shot and uploaded on Youtube yesterday. In the video clips, the owner of the nailhouse in Chongqing told the media that she will not vacate her home and will insist on protecting her private propety. Video1/5: -Read Property Law, Netizen Journalism and “China’s Most Incredible Holdout” via CDT.
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Read MoreIn Wuming village of Guangxi province, local government officials used police protection and a dozen bulldozers to fight against a group of villagers. The government and real estate developers forcibly took control of the 249 acres of this “nail village” (so-called because of the “nail house” phenomenon), from Wenxuecity , produced by Rockyou.com:
Read MoreAfter fastest increase in last year, recently, the house price in Beijing dropped 19.67 percent in December from the previous month, said Shanghai Daily: The average residency price dropped to 12,180 yuan (US$1,676) per square meter from 15,162 yuan. Prices in Dongcheng, Xicheng, Chongwen and Xuanwu, the districts with the highest house prices, slumped to […]
Read MoreJohn Kennedy at Global Voices provides extensive background on reports earlier today that a 90-year-old woman in the Zhejiang town of Shengzhou threatened police with a homemade gasoline bomb as violent protests erupted over her eviction. It appears the woman, Zhang Xinghua, is just one of dozens of residents resisting demolition of their building, which […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: For weeks, the little house sitting stubbornly atop an earthen pillar in the middle of a busy construction site was a symbol of individual rights in the face of China’s breakneck and often heedless economic development. Reporters from across China and beyond traveled to Chongqing, a sprawling Sichuan city 900 miles […]
Read MoreFrom Li Xinde’s Yulun Jiandu, translated by CDT (photo: bad grapes grown after using the fake pesticide, via Yulun Jiandu): Almost two years after 52 grape-growing families at Huangguaying Village of Heishi Township in Panshi City, Jilin Province (ÂêâÊûóÁúÅÁ£êÁü≥Â∏ÇȪíÁü≥ÈïáȪÑÁìúËê•Êùë), fell victim to a fake pesticide scam, their 50 combined acres of grape farms have become […]
Read MoreFrom BBC: The home of a Chinese family who defied property developers in a high-profile campaign has finally been demolished. The family of Wu Ping gave up defending their Chongqing house after reportedly reaching a deal with the authorities. The “nail house” – so called because it refused to be hammered down – had been […]
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