PHOTOS: China’s lone highway house demolished

Excavators demolish the house standing alone in the middle of a newly built road in Wenling, China (Reuters)

Onlookers watch excavators demolish the house standing alone in the middle of a newly built road in Wenling, China (Reuters)

A man drives towards the house standing in the middle of a newly built road in Wenling, China (Reuters file)

Media reports about the house drew curious onlookers (Reuters file)

Luo Baogen on the balcony of his house before it was demolished (Reuters file)

The house in the middle of the highway, before it was demolished (Reuters file)

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5/12/2012 7:55:14 a.m.

alison wrote:

@james, You are correct. I hadnt seen it as such until you pointed that out. No services and pay this price or miss out tactics are rife in CH CH.

3/12/2012 1:55:39 p.m.

james wrote:

It's funny how when China uses these tactics, everyone is appalled and thankful that we in the west have such a just and non 'corporation influenced' governments, yet there are literally hundreds if not thousands of so called 'nail houses' in Christchurch, yet we all turn a blind eye or fail to see how it's no different from when China forcibly bulldozed homes to build their Olympic stadiums.