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A "nail house," the last building in the area, sits in the middle of a road under construction in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, on April 10, 2015. According to local media, the owner of the house didn't reach an agreement with the local authority about compensation of the demolition. # A partially demolished nail house at a construction site in Hefei, Anhui province, China, on February 2, 2010. The owner of the house was attempting to seek more compensation before agreeing to the demolition of their home, local media reported. # A building sits on its own island of land amid construction all around it, on March 22, 2007, in Chongqing Municipality, China. The homeowner, who has hung a banner and the national flag in protest, had refused to sell to a developer who went ahead with construction around the site. # A building sits on an island of land amid construction all around on March 21, 2007, in Chongqing, China. # Workers demolish the lone holdout house on a constr

And Then There Was One - The Atlantic And Then There Was One Alan Taylor April 14, 2015 21 Photos In Focus Across China, where new developments are keeping pace with the rapidly growing economy, reports continue to surface of so-called "nail houses." These properties, standing alone amid the ruins of other buildings, belong to owners who have stood their ground and resisted demolition. Defiant property owners say the compensation being offered is too low. Some of them have remained in their homes for years as their court cases drag on and new construction continues all around them. A few homeo

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