A Man's Home Is His Castle

We’ve all seen or heard of stories where one homeowner on a block absolutely refuses to sell to a developer with plans to build a fantastic high rise or some such. Ever wonder what happens if the developer just goes ahead with his plans?

Well, take a look at the picture in this article:
Home becomes an 'island' in building row



Did you read down the page? This is in CHINA! You know, Communist China. Someone must have changed the definition of Communism on me or perhaps it just hasn’t been working out the way they thought it would and things are becoming more, shall we say, capitalistic.

The house is in Chongqing, central China – the fastest growing urban centre in the world, with more than 4million residents.
The boom is fuelled by strong economic growth and the 2008 Beijing Olympics. But behind the scenes is a debate, that has been raging for ten years, over the need for a law giving legal protection to private property in a Communist state.

Sounds like they have eminent domain issues even in China.

(Yeah, yeah. I know the Chinese have been moving toward a more capitalistic society for a decade or more. I’ve been in Wal-Mart, you know.)

(Found at Drew Curtis’ FARK )