'Nail' Homes in China
"Nail" homes are homes who just DON'T want to sell when the government comes to take over their property.
Just a couple of examples.
From the Shanghaiist Shanghai's 'most awesome nail house' is finally torn down after 14 years of blocking traffic
From THE SUN, A NEWS UK COMPANY Now THAT’S a ring road!
When three residents of this building refused to move out, the builders simply constructed the highway around them.
The flip side of that coin was a village that was demolished for high-rises, turning peasants into millionaires.
in the Shanghaiist - 15,000 villagers treated to huge banquet by property developers before they move into new high-rises
A compensation deal was struck so that the former villagers were given apartments in the newly-constructed buildings. This means that each villager now owns an apartment valued at around 10 million RMB, South China Morning Post reports.
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