Eminent Domain must not exist in China

[kinggovernor]

Movin' On Up
Posted by: hipstomp on Monday, April 09 2007



The architectural version of the tank-stopping kid standing in Tianenmen Square was pulled down last week. Wu Ping and wife Yang Wu's "nail house," which stood in defiance of local developers hoping to put up a shopping mall, became a cause celebre in China, as the defiant couple refused to sign the papers even as their surrounding neighborhood was razed into something resembling New York's Ground Zero.

Developers apparently sweetened the pot; Wu Ping and the missus, once so prominently in the spotlight, have "gone dark," with no recent appearances in the media, and their house recently saw the tender ministrations of a bulldozer and wrecking ball. The couple has apparently received a large cash payout and a residential spot in a neighboring high-rise. Cue theme music to "The Jeffersons."

Glad to see someone stand up to big developers and it looks like the government didn't step in

[RMNIXON]

What has happened to the Communist Ideology that Private Property oppressed people?

I guess it is just not that simple anymore?

[motivez]

China isn't real Communism.

[thomez]

They definitely have eminent domain, don't forget what they did to so many small villages when putting up those huge dams

[kinggovernor]

Originally Posted by thomez

They definitely have eminent domain, don't forget what they did to so many small villages when putting up those huge dams

that is a public work and that used to be how eminent domain worked in this country until a few years ago

[thomez]

Originally Posted by kinggovernor

that is a public work and that used to be how eminent domain worked in this country until a few years ago

the new interpretation is bullshit

[kinggovernor]

Originally Posted by thomez

the new interpretation is bullshit

the majority in Kelo should have their homes taken for a developer to improve with a nice strip mall or something