The only reason these people are probably getting any compensation at all, is because all the world's eyes are currently on China due to the olympics.

BBC once had a report on people simply being evicted and their houses demolished with no compensation whatsoever in other parts of China.

I don't think I'll be watching much of the olympic games.

I'm going to China next year to watch the F1 race in Shanghai. I try to keep an open mind, but I'm apprehensive as hell.

it's not just China.
Lithuanian wooden houses get mysteriously burned down if they happen to lie on high value land.
Property corruption is everywhere. I doubt the London Olympics will be a big ethics festival either.

Hu tongs are probably the least effective use of land in a sprawling metropolis. Only a handful exist for historical purposes, but otherwise the remaining ones look shabby and give the city a gloomy feel. It's probably not a bad idea to tear them down... As for governments repossessing property, it happens in any country, and the amount of compensation is never "fair".

*humanitarian -- as in, lack thereof.

Adding video to channels (Humanitarian) - requested by calvados.

Sorry, *dead

This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by eric3579.

*kill

Permanently discarding this video - kill requested by submitter Constitutional_Patriot.