Chinese Couple Have Road Built Around Their House As They Reject Compensation To Move Out

This should pass as one of the strangest sights anyone can ever come across on a road. For what it is worth, it is absurd! Sitting on the middle of this road is a five storey block with occupants who have refused to move out or allowed the building to be demolished even as cars drive around it.
Luo Baogen and his wife insist on living in the half-demolished building in the city of Wenling, in Zhejiang province, China because they believe that the relocation compensation offered by the government is not enough.
However to ensure their safety, adjacent rooms in the building have been left intact but all their neighbours have moved out.
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

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