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March 28, 2007
People News. Homeowner stares down wreckers
People News. Homeowner stares down wreckers: Sometimes you have to take a stand. When your home is on the line, how far would you go? For many, redevelopment moguls, gentrification, transient communities and local governments are a constant pressure. The NY Times had an interesting article about a citizen's stand in China.
From the New York Times: "For weeks the confrontation drew attention from people all across China, as a simple homeowner stared down the forces of large-scale redevelopment that are sweeping this country, blocking the preparation of a gigantic construction site by an act of sheer will. Chinese bloggers were the first to spread the news, of a house perched atop a tall, thimble-shaped piece of land like Mont-Saint-Michel in northern France, in the middle of a vast excavation."
Read more about the homeowner who stares down wreckers in China [Here]
Posted by taj at March 28, 2007 01:07 AM