Comments on: personal rights: another Chinese housing hold-out

By: Ashley Robbins

Ashley Robbins — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:39:53 +0000

Ashley Robbins

By: Preet

Preet — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:56:55 +0000

I have finally got around to checking this out. I am wondering how this person, with such strength and character, is presently making out.

Is she still able to live here and has her settlement given her what, even under Chinese law, is her right - the right to have a replacement property where she now is - and hopefully with the same square footage.

However, it is important to note that the issues are the same world wide, even in a city like Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Here it is the poor that get displaced out of old neighborhoods that are being “revitalized” to accommodate new developments. In many cases the poor are not property owners but merely renters and thus have even fewer rights than this person in China.

By: Yero

Yero — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 21:40:27 +0000

The situation is not that different here in Brooklyn, USA. Developers want to seize six homes that residents claim are part of the Underground Railroad of the Civil War era. The City has tried all sorts of tactics to discredit the residents.

It seems like the same story gets repeated over and over: “selfish and possibly crazy holdouts preventing progress.”

In Downtown Brooklyn, developers want to destroy homes using eminent domain to build an underground parking lot.

By: Louise

Louise — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:30:00 +0000

According to a transcript of an interview this woman has not demanded money at all, but just an equivalent sized property. The developers have consistently refused to give her a legal document with an official stamp on it, so she has been unable to rely on the unstamped document they were offering, because as she says - with no official stamp who would I go to to claim my equivalent poperty after they have demolished mine? I think the developers are used to swindling people who have no confidence to challenge them.

By: greg

greg — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:06:10 +0000

I heard that the lady in question wants an relaly silly sum of money in exchange for giving up her house. I have a feeling there is another side of this story that isnt being reported…

By: mjk

mjk — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:52:35 +0000

this is a dumb site

By: Andres

Andres — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:45:44 +0000

Me parece muy bien que de una vez por todas se proteja la propiedad privada, y no ceda ante la presion de las grandes empresas ni del gobierno.
Saludos desde Argentina.
ANDRES!!!!!!

By: greg

greg — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:43:08 +0000

I agree Hillary. Images from Iraq have done a great deal to help sour public support for the “war”. Its hard to supress these kidn of images, and a good thign to

By: Hillary. A

Hillary. A — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:55:23 +0000

What came to my attention, upon hearing this information on the radio, was that the Government was resticting any further images of this area (the “Nail House”)to be published over the internet. The announcer mentioned the possibility that the media might bring this to the attention of more people than the government want it to be.
It’s impressive to know that one person can make such a deal in the media. Imagine what would happen if this issue was carried on in different communities; if the media kept this up to our attention.

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