We will not be moved: one family against the developers
The Guardian’s Jonathan Watts reports from Beijing:
Property-owning China has a new hero. Yang Wu, now better known as The Nail, has become the talk of the country for his refusal to abandon his home to property developers.
Despite an eviction order, offers of compensation and the chasm that has opened up around his home, the 51-year-old restaurateur is holding his ground in an increasingly high-profile challenge to the authorities.
The developers, who want to build a six-storey shopping mall, have reportedly offered compensation of 3.5m yuan (£233,000), a staggering sum in a country where the average income is about £1,000 a year. But Mr Yang and his family insist they are not concerned about money.
On Wednesday, Mr Yang placed a banner across the roof of his house declaring: “Citizens’ legal property cannot be invaded.”
The water and electricity have been cut off, but supporters give him food and drink, which he pulls up by rope.
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