Some pretty odd pictures and situations there.
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Chinese compulsary purchase orders on a house...
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Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
The road forks around the farm for engineering reasons owing to the surrounding area's geology, though a local myth persists that the road had to be split because the owners refused to sell the land during its construction.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Earlier this year, Hong Chunqin, 75, and her husband Kung, who live in the two dilapidated buildings with their two sons, had initially agreed to sell the property in Taizhou, in Zhejiang province and accepted £8,000 in compensation.
But then she changed her mind and refunded the money once work on the road had started.In another case, one family among 280 others at the site of a six storey shopping mall being built in Chongqing refused to leave their home for two years.
Developers cut their power and water, and excavated a 10-meter deep pit around their home, which their family had inhabited for three generations.
The owners broke into the construction site, reoccupied it, and flew a Chinese flag on top and then Yang Wu, a local martial arts champion, used nunchakus to make a staircase to the house and threatened to beat any authorities who attempted to evict him.
The owners turned down an offer of £300,000 but eventually settled with the developers in 2007.
big disparity in compensation, looks like they don't have rules on harassment.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Is that not spelled compulsory ???
If UKIP are the answer, then it must have been a very stupid question.Comment
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Originally posted by Robinho View PostIt is one of the ten best-known sights from the motorway network
That sounds like an exciting countdown.
Spaghetti Junction M6 - junction 6 near Birmingham
River Severn Bridge M48 - between Bristol and Wales
RAC Bescot building M6 - between junctions 8 and 9 near Walsall, West Midlands
Wicker Man M5 - near Bridgwater, Somerset
Stirling Castle M9 - near junction 10, Stirling, Scotland
QEII Bridge M25 - near junction 2, joins Thurrock and Dartford
Ratcliffe on Soar Power Station M1 - between junctions 24 and 25 near Nottingham
Fort Dunlop M6 - near junction 5, Birmingham
The Medway Viaduct M2 - between junctions 2 and 3 near Rochester, Kent
Stott Hall Farm M62 - between junctions 22 and 23, West Yorkshire"A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It’s the s*** that happens while you’re waiting for moments that never come." -- Lester FreamonComment
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