Chinese home surrounded by highway demolished.

C.K. Lawrence

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A five-floor home surrounded on all sides by a Chinese highway has finally been demolished, while its owner has disappeared.

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For more than a year, 67-year-old duck farmer Luo Baogen, his wife and four relatives lived in the house, stranded in the middle of the road in Wenling, a county in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang.

The local government had plotted out the road in 2008 and bought the properties of more than 450 other home owners along the route.

But Mr Luo said he had paid nearly £60,000 to build his home, which boasted wood floors, built-in wardrobes, recessed lighting and large picture windows with a view over the surrounding countryside. He turned down the government's offer of £22,000 for it.

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In the end, the government built around him, but when photographs of his house were published on the internet, it became a sensation.

In the glare of the world's media, and as Mr Luo's house became a symbol of protest against forced property demolitions, local officials finally took action.

On Friday night, the Luos packed up their belongings and men armed with sledgehammers began knocking down the inside of the house. On Saturday, bulldozers and diggers arrived.

Mr Luo, however, has disappeared. Attempts to contact him were unsuccessful and he only told the Chinese media that he was "tired".

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When one Chinese journalist, from North East News, tried to call his mobile phone, a man answered with a polished accent. Claiming to be a relative, he said Mr Luo was too busy to answer the phone.

"A lot of family and friends have come to help with the move. There are people visiting every day, there is too much pressure," said the man. "We have reached an agreement because we think we can build a new house with loans from our relatives and friends," he said.

According to Xinhua, the local officials also promised money for building a new house, and offered to help if the family has any problems in the future.

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Ying Jueyou, the Communist party secretary of Xiayangzhang village, where the Luos lived, said the couple had moved to temporary accommodation.

"He is not some so-called protester, that is just a name the media gave him," said Mr Ying. "He did not agree to move before partly because he was not happy with the compensation, but also because he did not realise the road project required him to leave. He thought it was just another property development project and he could still live there," he added.

"Now he realises he cannot just stay in the middle of the road and he does not like being called a protester". Mr Ying said he had no way of contacting Mr Luo, however.

In Chinese, Mr Luo's home was called a "nail house", in reference to how they appear like a nail sticking out of a wall.

Source - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...se-home-surrounded-by-highway-demolished.html
 
Bunch of fucking savages! You're seriously gonna build a fucking road where someone lives. How about building around it?!? And the homeowner, you see that these fucking morons are enclosing your house in their road, but you don't move. Hello, get a clue! The ones driving on that road are gonna be Chinese! You Might as well paint a fucking bullseye on the side of your house.

Eh, fuck China.
 

Will E Worm

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Mr Luo, however, has disappeared. Attempts to contact him were unsuccessful and he only told the Chinese media that he was "tired".

This is Communist China. Tired is a code word for dead.

China needs to be brought up on civil right violations and mass murder.



Just like America's civil rights violations.

You believe Americans are free and Americans have private property?

Eminent Domain:
The power to take private property for public use by a state, municipality, or private person or corporation authorized to exercise functions of public character.


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