We're staying put: The homeowners who refused to move
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A couple's home in Zaozhuang, northern China's Shandong Province has been left on its own isolated 'island' after real estate developers dug out the ground around it. The couple, who are both in their 60s, have been living on the island without electricity or water since 2009. They refuse to move because the compensation offered to them is too low (Rex Features)
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A residential building stands alone in a construction site in 2007. Li Zemin, one of the owners refuses to allow the workers to enter (Rex Features)
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17 families refused to move out in 2008 even though contractors had already begun to demolish the building (Rex Features)
- 4/11
The remarkable house has finally been demolished after Luo Baogen accepted the compensation offered by the local government (Rex)
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The house is the only building left standing on a road which is paved through the family's village (Reuters)
REUTERS - 6/11
The house is finally demolished, despite the road already built around it (Rex)
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Mr Luo, his wife and four relatives have left the property (Rex)
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Luo Genbao refused to move because the compensation the local government offered him - £27,000 - was not enough (Rex)
- 9/11
Luo Genbao refused to move when local city officials decided to demolish a number of homes to build a road connecting Wenling to a train station (Rex)
- 10/11
The owner of the 7th floor apartment refused to move out, so a developer demolished most of the apartments below (Rex Features)
- 11/11
Luo, the owner of the house, refused to sign an agreement to allow his house to be demolished by the authorities, as the compensation offered to him was not enough, according to local media (PA)
Yahoo News UK
Land is hot property in China. Developers often offer compensation to homes they wish to demolish in order build high rise complexes. But sometimes stubborn residents resist - with striking results as developments race ahead around them. These symbols of defiance are called "nail houses" - named simply because they stick up out of the land.