In an extraordinary display of stubbornness, a significant Chinese grandfather Huang Ping has now found himself actually living in the middle of a quite newly constructed motorway after he refused ...

Residents of the Guangfuli area of Shanghai have collectively decided not to leave their homes, creating an entire nail neighborhood. Tao Weiren sits in front of his two-story house there ...

In China, a "nail house" or ding zi hu refers to homeowners who resist eviction during urban development or property redevelopment projects. The house, situated between the G206 highway in Jinxi ...

Residents have since flocked to the area to take photos, with people dubbing Huang the “strong nail house owner” in China. A nail house is a Chinese term for an occupied home whose owners are ...

It came down in 2007, shortly after China passed a law making it harder for the government to seize land. The banner on this nail house, which blocked the construction of new apartments in Hefei ...

The battle may be over, but the memory of the nail house incident in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality is likely to linger on. Forty-nine-year-old Wu Ping and her 51-year-old husband Yang ...

The have dubbed Mr Ping the ‘strongest nail house owner’ in China. Nail houses are properties in China where a road or development has been built around them as the owner refused to move.

The owner of “Jiangxi’s most stubborn nail house” expressed regret for not selling to the government after officials chose to bypass his property, constructing the highway around his home ...