Saturday, December 8, 2012

China builds road right around "nail house" as owner Luo Baogen refuses to sell | Redux

China builds road right around "nail house" as owner Luo Baogen refuses to sell

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BEIJING In the middle of an eastern Chinese city's new main road, rising incongruously from a huge circle in the freshly laid pavement, is a five-story row house with ragged edges. This is the home of the duck farmer who said "no." Luo Baogen and his wife are the lone holdouts from a neighborhood that was demolished to make way for the main thoroughfare heading to a newly built railway station on the outskirts of the city of Wenling in Zhejiang province. Dramatic images of Luo's home have circulated widely online in China this week, becoming the latest symbol of resistance in the frequent standoffs between Chinese homeowners and local officials accused of offering too little compensation to vacate neighborhoods for major redevelopment projects. There's even a name for the buildings that remain standing as their owners resist development.

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Luo

Overall Sentiment: -0.0141061

Relevance: 0.856565

SentimentQuote
0.0428151"We want a new house on a two-unit lot with simple interior decoration," Luo told ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0428151
  • Mean: 0.0428151
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Luo Baogen

Overall Sentiment: -0.0970698

Relevance: 0.671732

Luo Xuehua

Overall Sentiment: 0.0249793

Relevance: 0.425254

SentimentQuote
-0.0136749"We cannot just give whatever he demands," Luo Xuehua said. ...
-0.216976"We cannot just give whatever he demands," Luo Xuehua said. "That's impossible."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.2306509
  • Mean: -0.11532545
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Chen

Overall Sentiment: -0.109344

Relevance: 0.2824

SentimentQuote
-0.240292"The Luo family is not rich," Chen said, ...
-0.204373"The Luo family is not rich," Chen said, acknowledging that they can ill afford such a big loss on their home. "But the policy is what it is."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.444665
  • Mean: -0.2223325
  • Standard Deviation: 0
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Chen Xuecai

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.197392

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