Chinese 'nail house' goes viral
- Published: 23 Nov 2012 at 14.47
- Online news: World
Photos of an elderly Chinese couple's house standing in the middle of a huge dual carriageway as they hold out for compensation before leaving have become an internet hit.
A half-demolished apartment building stands in the middle of a newly-built road in Wenling, in eastern China's Zhejiang province. An elderly couple have waged a four-year battle to receive more than the US$41,300 compensation offered for the house by the local government of Daxi.
The photographs, widely carried by Chinese state media and websites on Friday, show a partially demolished five-storey block of flats in the centre of the road in the eastern province of Zhejiang.
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