{"id":123858,"date":"2011-09-08T21:37:18","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T04:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=123858"},"modified":"2011-09-08T21:37:18","modified_gmt":"2011-09-09T04:37:18","slug":"forced-demolition-standoff-in-guangzhou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/09\/forced-demolition-standoff-in-guangzhou\/","title":{"rendered":"Forced Demolition Standoff in Guangzhou; Wen Jiabao Decries Rampant Redevelopment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Caixin has posted a slideshow of a husband and wife who refused to relocate from their apartment to make way for a demolition crew in Guangzhou.<a href=\"http:\/\/english.caing.com\/2011-09-08\/100300817.html\"> <strong>See the photos here<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nIn Guangzhou&#8217;s Yuexiu district lie the remains of what Chinese people colloquially call &#8220;villages within a city&#8221; \u2013 clusters of decrepit old housing bordered by colorful office buildings and towering housing complexes. While the land under these towns is wholly government-owned, residents must sign contracts to give their homes over for demolition and receive compensation.On September 6, a standoff with police ensued at the top of a building in the urban &#8220;village&#8221; of Yangji, when a husband and wife refused to comply with a court ruling forcing them to relocate. The husband stood at the top of his home, threatening to immolate himself with gasoline, as demolition crews waited nearby to receive the go-ahead to tear down his home. Finally, the head of the Yuexiu courthouse and a representative from the company in charge of the area&#8217;s renovation entered the building to speak with the couple, convincing them to leave the building after re-negotiating the terms of their forced removal. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Global Post reports that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalpost.com\/dispatches\/globalpost-blogs\/the-rice-bowl\/destroying-the-real-and-building-the-fake\"><strong>Premier Wen Jiabao spoke out against rampant property destruction<\/strong><\/a> and redevelopment in China today:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n&#8220;No one is paying attention to the legal rights of farmers in some places, and they are forcefully destroying homes and moving them out,&#8221; Wen said, according to a translation from AFP of the Beijing News report on a meeting in Beijing to discuss preservation of historic and cultural relics. &#8220;We are destroying the real and building up the fake.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caixin has posted a slideshow of a husband and wife who refused to relocate from their apartment to make way for a demolition crew in Guangzhou. 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