In China, "nail houses" — homes that remain standing despite pressure from real estate developers to sell — have become increasingly common. In the cases of many nail houses, ...

In China, these buildings that are left standing alone as development progresses around them are called “nail houses,” since they stick out like a nail that can’t be hammered down.

The house was gleefully labeled a “nail house,” borrowing from a popular Chinese expression in which a “nail” is a person who sticks out by refusing to submit to authority.

However inspiring their stories may be, most nail houses eventually suffer the same fate: demolition, as either the owners back down or their homes are illegally bulldozed. Here's a look at some ...

Homes such as these in China are known as 'nail houses' because they are difficult to remove, like a stubborn nail One house in Wenling, Zhejiang province, had a main road built around it when the ...

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, which ...

China's extraordinary 'nail houses' show the government doesn't get its own way all the time. The holdouts have become symbols of resistance. Adam Withnall. Wednesday 20 May 2015 00:34 BST.

(CNN)Chinese call them dingzihu or "nail houses." Their owners are holding out for better compensation or are unwilling to let a home filled with memories be flattened -- like a nail that refuses ...

Recent developments have revealed that a grandfather in China is now being termed as the Strongest nail house owner in the ...

T his picture taken on May 20, 2025 shows Chen Tianming at his house labelled China's strangest "nail house" -- households that refuse to move in the face of development plans -- in Xingyi, in ...