{"id":29260,"date":"2008-12-05T18:47:17","date_gmt":"2008-12-06T01:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=29260"},"modified":"2008-12-05T18:47:17","modified_gmt":"2008-12-06T01:47:17","slug":"loss-of-homes-threatens-social-stability-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/12\/loss-of-homes-threatens-social-stability-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Loss of Homes Threatens Social Stability in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The possibility for social unrest in China could arise as a result of the conflict between the state&#8217;s property prerogatives and citizens&#8217; housing interests. From Stephanie Ho of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/english\/2008-12-05-voa36.cfm\">Voice of America News<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Forty-two-year-old Gao Shuhuan has lived in this home for nearly half her life. &#8220;This is my house. Within half an hour, it will be torn down by force,&#8221; she cried. &#8220;They are tearing it down without paying us a cent in compensation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The bulldozer springs to life. The house that had sheltered Gao and her family for two decades was no match for the machine&#8217;s relentless power. It took less than 20 minutes to reduce her home to a pile of rubble.<\/p>\n<p>In a rapidly modernizing China, events like these have become commonplace. Catching a complete demolition on videotape, though, is a rarity. Foreign cameramen are routinely prevented from filming, due to the extreme sensitivity of the issue. Just recently, two Chinese photojournalists were beaten when they tried to snap pictures of a house demolition in Beijing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The possibility for social unrest in China could arise as a result of the conflict between the state&#8217;s property prerogatives and citizens&#8217; housing interests. 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