March 09, 2007

China’s Most Incredible Holdout An apparently extreme case of refusing to make way for the property developers down in Chongqing.

posted by Abiezer_Coppe 17 years ago

Oh God, I need a ladder. And money.
posted 17 years ago by layne, lady layne
That's one heck of a moat!
posted 17 years ago by BlueHorse
Crazy. That picture sets the mind a-racin'.
posted 17 years ago by HawthorneWingo
Reminds me of Edith Macefield. A more tenacious 84-year-old you're not likely to find.
posted 17 years ago by Weezel
I am reminded of the Literati of the Sung Dynasty, who pictured meditating hermit masters atop intractable peaks!
posted 17 years ago by Dan Folkus
The leaser wanted 200,000,000RMB from the developer or else he wouldn’t move. Bah, anyone can see it is worth at most 190,000,000 RMB.
posted 17 years ago by StoryBored
Some follow ups on the story
posted 17 years ago by Abiezer_Coppe
the house is no more.
posted 17 years ago by StoryBored
Ooops, the house is no more.
posted 17 years ago by StoryBored
sellout
posted 17 years ago by BlueHorse

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