MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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The House in the MIddle of the Street
By EmmaZahn on Sun, 12/02/2012 - 5:49pm |China's rule of law and eminent domain.
Homeowners Luo Baogen and his wife refused to allow the government to demolish their home in Wenling, Zhejiang province, China, claiming the relocation compensation offered would not be enough to cover the cost of rebuilding. So, adjacent neighboring homes were dismantled, and, bizarrely, the road was built around the intact home, leaving it as an island in a river of new asphalt.
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http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/11/the-house-in-the-middle-of-the-street/100411/
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