Elites' Homes Are Not Exempt From Demolition

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Andrew Jacobs, Harassment and Evictions Bedevil Even China’s Well-Off. New York Times, Oct 28, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/2 ... sq=china&st=cse

Quote:

"The residents involved are by and large middle class and privileged — doctors, financiers, retired government bureaucrats — who thought they were immune to such capriciousness. * * * Just as notable is that their subdivision is new, the oldest house no more than five years old. At least three of the homes were completed this year.

"On the face of it, the compensation in this case appears generous: 1.6 million renminbi, or about $252,000, for each household. Residents, however, point out that the figure ignores the differing values of each home. Some homes cost twice that, their owners say. [Anyway, they] say the compensation does not take into account Beijing’s property prices.

Note:
(a) A Chinese-language report on this NYT report:

美媒：中国富裕家庭亦逃不过强拆. 多维新闻, Oct 28, 2011.
http://china.dwnews.com/news/2011-10-28/58261022.html
(b) Huaxiang World Famous Garden 花乡世界公园
(c) YAN Lianke  阎 连科
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%8E%E8%BF%9E%E7%A7%91
(1958- ; writer)
(d) plumb (vt):
"2a : to measure the depth of with a plumb
b : to examine minutely and critically <plumbing the book's complexities>"
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