Posts Tagged ‘ Demolition ’

Housing Demolition in 2010: A Report (Part 2)

January 18, 2011
By C. Custer
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Part 2 of our translation of a team of lawyers' report on housing demolitions and land seizures in 2010.
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Housing Demolition in 2010: A Report (Part 1)

January 17, 2011
By C. Custer
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The work is an in-depth report on housing demolition in 2010, and even for those who are aware of the many incidents of conflict, it may contain some surprising conclusions.
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Fighting Fire With Fire?

November 30, 2009
By C. Custer
Fighting Fire With Fire?

Last we knew, when the Chinese government wanted to demolish houses, it had ways of getting the residents to submit. It’s hard to combat that, but if recent events are any indication, some citizens have adopted a new resistance technique: fire. First there’s the case of Pan Yong, a woman in Shanghai who, to...
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