Do you love modern houses? Some Chinese still can't see them. Here are 15 Chinese houses whose owners are resisting the progress growing around them.
Some houses are built out of necessity, others for aesthetics, and still others are still standing purely out of protest. At least this is the case in China, where we find so-called “nail houses”, houses whose proud owners resist the progress that is growing in their immediate vicinity. Owners of old houses are fighting back ambitious offers construction companies, because they don't even want to hear their high-flying ideas about changing the neighborhood and demolishing their beloved homes. In 2007, the Chinese authorities passed a law that protects homeowners from the demolition of their homes, but the conflict still remains.
In the gallery, take a look at photos of Chinese houses, which, wedged into modern infrastructure, look downright bizarre.
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The owner of a house in Ruian lived in the house for a year after the authorities cut off his water and electricity supply
The Chinese House in Wenling City stands in the middle of the road
The owners stand firm and refuse to sell their house
A resident who refused to leave his home in 2010, even though it had already begun to be demolished
The owners of the villa in Shenzhen are standing their ground
A cottage that stood in the middle of a construction site
A banner calling on the authorities to punish those responsible for demolishing the house
A woman on the balcony of a house demolished by the authorities in 2010
The last house still standing in Nanjing in 2008
The owner of a house in Nanning objected to the demolition of his property
The owner of this house did not want to leave the house even after the water and electricity access was cut off
The house that the owners did not want to sell in 2009
A half-demolished house in the middle of a construction site
The owners of a house in the Chinese city of Guangzhou have lost their battle in court
