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Must See Pics: Home of Duck Farmer Who Said ‘No’ Becomes Symbol of Chinese Resistance

Nov. 23, 2012 11:15am Scott Baker

Luo Baogens Home in Middle of Chinese Highway Becomes Symbol of Resistance

Photo: AFP/Getty

BEIJING (AP) — In the middle of an eastern Chinese city’s new main road, rising incongruously from a huge circle in the freshly laid pavement, is a five-story row house with ragged edges. This is the home of the duck farmer who said “no.”

Luo Baogen and his wife are the lone holdouts from a neighborhood that was demolished to make way for the main thoroughfare heading to a newly built railway station on the outskirts of the city of Wenling in Zhejiang province.

Photo: AFP/Getty

Dramatic images of Luo’s home have circulated widely online in China this week, becoming the latest symbol of resistance in the frequent standoffs between Chinese homeowners and local officials accused of offering too little compensation to vacate neighborhoods for major redevelopment projects.

There’s even a name for the buildings that remain standing as their owners resist development. They are called “nail houses” because the homeowners refuse to be hammered down.

Nail house families occasionally have resorted to violence. Some homeowners have even set themselves on fire in protests. Often, they keep 24-hour vigils because developers will shy away from bulldozing homes when people are inside.

Xiayangzhang village chief Chen Xuecai said in a telephone interview Friday that city planners decided that Luo’s village of 1,600 had to be moved for a new business district anchored by the train station. Chen said most families agreed to government-offered compensation in 2007.

Photo: AFP/Getty

Luo, 67, and a handful of neighbors in other parts of the new district are holding out for more.

“We want a new house on a two-unit lot with simple interior decoration,” Luo told local reporters Thursday in video footage forwarded to The Associated Press.

Luo had just completed his house at a cost of about 600,000 yuan ($95,000) when the government first approached him with their standard offer of 220,000 ($35,000) to move out — which he refused, Chen said. The offer has since gone up to 260,000 yuan ($41,000).

“The Luo family is not rich,” Chen said, acknowledging that they can ill afford such a big loss on their home. “But the policy is what it is.”

Photo: AFP/Getty

The new road to the railroad station was completed in recent weeks, and has not yet been opened for traffic.

What is unusual in Luo’s case is that his house has been allowed to stand for so long. It is common for local authorities in China to take extreme measures, such as cutting off utilities or moving in to demolish when residents are out for the day.

Luo told local reporters his electricity and water are still flowing, and that he and his wife sleep in separate parts of the home to deter any partial demolition.

Deputy village chief Luo Xuehua — a cousin to the duck farmer — said he didn’t expect the dispute to go on much longer. He said he expects Luo Baogen to reach an agreement with the government soon, though he said the homeowner’s demands are unrealistic.

“We cannot just give whatever he demands,” Luo Xuehua said. “That’s impossible.”

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katzkiner
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 2:07am
That is close to 5000 sq. ft. Duck farming must pay well.

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- John 1776
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 11:22am
  Yea, but 4,900 of it is for the ducks!
  
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macpappy
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 12:13am
I am surprised to find out that they can have private property in Chinia.

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- 19RANDY59
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 5:02am
  You’re really gonna be surprised, when you find out you can’t have it here anymore. Agenda 21 is coming
  
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Alaskaninfidel
Posted on November 24, 2012 at 12:10am
Our future lest we awaken the sleeping…

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- Shamrock241
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 7:18am
  That story should be a real Eye opener to how violent of a Police state our government has become. Our government would have not bothered building up to the guys property line and stopping there, they would have of course already completed the process for imminent domain and if you still would not leave they would remove you by force, probably a S.W.A.T team and if you still tried to resist you would be killed. This is sick maybe we should not be as quick to trash Russia and China all the time.
  
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bignebraskan
Posted on November 23, 2012 at 9:30pm
Went shopping this morning for the heck of it. In the toy section at walmart, I offered my kids a dollar each if they could find something made in the USA. They couldn’t!!! I went through walmart randomly picking up items here and there to see where they’re made. I found nothing! WTF is going on? Does this country not make anything anymore? I found it disturbing that most of the items came from china. I got to thinking that in order for this to happen, these stores and our politicians are exploiting workers in other countries. You know they don’t pay their workers crap and they’re working in horrible conditions for very little, if any, compensation. It would be nice to see someone report on this.

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- Conservative2
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 10:54pm
  Sent the Unions over there, they’ll fix China…..
  
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- macpappy
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 12:07am
  No, we don’t make anything anymore. The unions, have run all industry, manufactering, and mills out of america with the same attitude that destroyed our Twinkies, and ho hos.
  To hell with the unions, and to hell with the fair wage BS, let the free market call the shots.
  
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- fire_fighter557
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 1:38am
  I noticed this 15 years ago! Where have you been?
  
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- mbck1491
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 10:10am
  That’s your problem your shopping in Walmart.
  
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franny1951
Posted on November 23, 2012 at 7:39pm
This image makes a great inspirational poster for I WILL NOT COMPLY

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- Walkabout
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 9:48pm
  Different Country, same Sh/t.
  
  Eminent Domain.
  
  If the new industrial park will be so profitable then they can afford to pay market prices. They are asking a person to take a more than 50% on their net worth. That is not too far removed from the Kelo v. City of New London.
  
  I have seen a city widen a road & then turn around & tell a business that you have to shut down because you have too few parking spaces now. Do you think they would by out the business. Not hardly. Even if they did & the owners set up shop in a new spot they is no telling of the new location will be as good as the old location.
  
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sizzlinsexybeckster
Posted on November 23, 2012 at 5:06pm
“This is the home of the duck farmer who said “no.” ” – Sounds like a cute title to a children’s book!

This Duck Farmer guy is awesome!! We need more people like this in our country!!

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kindling
Posted on November 23, 2012 at 3:34pm
The Agenda 21 people here in our county are passing ordinances that will stop us from rebuilding our home if it burns down. We are being attacked from every angle now. Progressives are like wasps, they seem to be everywhere and just keep biting and stinging.

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- bumpkin
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 5:01pm
  We need some REALLY good Wasp Spray!
  
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- macpappy
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 12:11am
  You do know, of course that Agenda 21 is a book of fiction by Glenn Beck don’t you? It’s not real, you know like Overton Window, it’s just a story.
  
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- Shoot2Stop
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 6:31am
  @MACPAPPY, and I suppose Glenn hacked into the UN’s web site and posted this: http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/agenda21/res_agenda21_00.shtml
  
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- littlebitflighty
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 9:31am
  Shoot2stop, that made me laugh!
  
  Macpappy, and just where have YOU been?
  
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BlazingPatriot
Posted on November 23, 2012 at 3:24pm
China man forget what Confucius say:

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.

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jeanmchambers
Posted on November 23, 2012 at 3:13pm
In the US, they would condemn his home and bull doze it, with him in it. It has already been done in MA.

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jeanmchambers
Posted on November 23, 2012 at 3:12pm
Coming to a neighborhood near you, in the United States, in 2013. Go Barrack!

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- kindling
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 3:31pm
  Can you say AGENDA 21!
  
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puravida56
Posted on November 23, 2012 at 3:05pm
In the US, he would be forced to sell. Their are more ownership rights in china than here????

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- LIB3RTY4991
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 3:13pm
  But, he would get better compensation here. And yes, he is being forced, but he is refusing the offer as unfair.
  
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longknifed
Posted on November 23, 2012 at 2:24pm
Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Madeleine Albright and the rest of the China lobby must be so glad that this is what real democracy looks like.

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The-Monk
Posted on November 23, 2012 at 1:56pm
Great spot to set up a drive thru Chinese take out or hot Tea,…

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- Mil Mom
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 2:36pm
  But beware the first driver to fall asleep behind the wheel.
  
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FunFunFun
Posted on November 23, 2012 at 1:26pm
I don’t think he is doing the ““I will not comply” thing, he is holding out for “mo money. ”

But, it is brave of him to stand-up to the Chinese gov.

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- Jaycen
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 1:45pm
  Fair market prices are not the same as “mo money”. Read you Constitution.
  
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- PlowMan
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 1:54pm
  Jaycen, this is in China!! Read man, read!! “you constitution” doesn’t mean anything there.
  
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- 1TrueOne55
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 3:21pm
  As you read the article you notice that he had just finished building the house for the equivalent of 95K USD and the government wanted to pay him only about 30% of the cost of the materials he just paid the government hardware store for… And when you read on the internet that China is just building “GHOST TOWNS/CITIES” to use resources and justify the pollution that they spew in the air.
  The only problem is that in China it is rare that they allow this to find its way into the public if not international realm.
  This is why they want to gain control of the INTERNET next month in Dubai. If they do then stories like these will not get past the Internet wall of China and if they do you will end up in jail in whatever country your in. It is what our present president is also pushing for…
  
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The-Monk
Posted on November 23, 2012 at 1:02pm
If it walks like a duck and quacks no like a duck….

Why did the duck cross the road?

He didn’t, he’s stuck in the middle…..

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- Mil Mom
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 2:41pm
  That center walkway kind of looks like a huge feed trough for his ducks. Do you think any of them would survive? Don’t forget the spotted owls living in the broken K Mart sign.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 3:02pm
  @Mil Mom
  “That center walkway kind of looks like a huge feed trough for his ducks”
  
  I’m pretty sure that’s the bathroom drain…..
  
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on November 23, 2012 at 12:47pm
Follow up on this in about 3 mos……the house will be gone and the people will either be dead or getting re-educated.

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everydaywoman
Posted on November 23, 2012 at 12:33pm
“We cannot just give whatever he demands,” Luo Xuehua said. “That’s impossible.”

Maybe you should have thought of that before you asked him to leave. Doesn’t matter, though – if the Chinese government really wants it – they’ll take it. Communism (and sociallism) always ends up the same way….a bullet to the head when you don’t comply.

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- ICSPADES
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 1:06pm
  And you have been given a glimpse of the US in 10 to 15 years. Question is what will you do about it.?
  
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- jman-6
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 3:12pm
  And to add insult to injury they will send you a bill for the manpower and bullet used to exterminate you!
  
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NDPINDNT
Posted on November 23, 2012 at 12:20pm
I thought the government just took what they wanted, did what they wanted to do, or just plainly shot people if they got in there way in China?

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- shephound
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 12:32pm
  @ND, you’re mistaken. That’s America where they do that.
  
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- freeberty
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 12:35pm
  Wow, our country looks”free” when you put it that way.
  
  Maybe, that’s the idea, give everyone a false impression so they’re tolerant of their own government oppression..
  
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- fire_fighter557
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 1:40am
  The internet is changing things in China. It is making them more aware of what their government does so the politicians are being more careful. In America, it is making people dumber, and the politicians here are taking advantage of it against the people. Just like TV.
  
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Apple Bite
Posted on November 23, 2012 at 12:00pm
Rejoice, Liberals! You’re looking at America’s future!

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- freeberty
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 12:12pm
  Actually this is more of photo from America’s past. Try doing a little research of the TVA from 1933. Why do people continue to live in a fairy tale land concerning our past, and the freedoms they think it held?
  
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- freeberty
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 12:18pm
  For those not wanting to research, 15,000 families were forced to displace by the government at the point of the government gun.
  In 1933, in the ‘FREE” country of the USA.
  
  It seem like some of you need to remove your Stars and Strips rose colored glasses.
  
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- Micmac
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 2:15pm
  People have forgotten or never learned about the TVA. Even America is not truly a free country. Eminent domain.
  
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- OlderCowGirl
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 10:05pm
  I learned in a Real Estate class in the 80′s that we don’t own our land in America. I was shocked to learn that fact. We only own “the rights to enjoy” said property. So now I understand Eminent Domain…it comes from “The King owns the land”. I forget how many of those “rights to enjoy” we have…it was 16 I think…can’t remember, such as the right to have quiet, privacy, etc.
  
  Maybe someone else can explain this better than I have.
  
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gbgreta
Posted on November 23, 2012 at 11:59am
Where are his ducks living?

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jcldwl
Posted on November 23, 2012 at 11:36am
Is that a Chinese ghost highway leading to a ghost city? Sure looks like it.

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freeberty
Posted on November 23, 2012 at 11:28am
Apparently the evil communists haven’t thought of what a “free democratic republic” uses to steal property from their citizens.

Taxes
Zoning laws
Eminent Domain

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- Salamander
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 11:39am
  I wonder if they’ll have to wait until someone is killed crossing the street to put in a traffic light? Hmmm, do you think they gave him a crossing easement?
  
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- freeberty
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 11:50am
  SAL
  
  LOL, “Public safety”, the government stopping you from doing something to harm yourself, even if they have to kill you to do it.
  
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Cavallo
Posted on November 23, 2012 at 11:25am
Insane that is seems at times you have more property rights in COMMUNIST China than the Fascist ObamaNation.

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Jetlander
Posted on November 23, 2012 at 11:23am
Good for him! Hopefully, we see more of this “I will not comply” attitude when our government tries to steamroll our citizens. This isn’t about money, this is about principle.

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- JP4JOY
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 11:35am
  Not in America, the government will generously offer to buy you out of your upside down mortgage and then you can rent your house back, easy breezy. Fannie and Freddie and FHA own 95% of the mortgages and when the economy tanks again (very soon) and your loan to value is 3/1 or 4/1 most will gladly take the “deal” offered, giving up private ownership with a cheer.
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 11:41am
  You don’t have ownership of the property regardless. You rent that property from the government in what they call property taxes. If you don’t pay your rent they evict you from their property.
  
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- freeberty
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 11:59am
  Cavello
  
  Don’t forget the death or estate tax which was deliberately designed to strip what ever wealth you thought your property might hold for future generations.
  
  It’s great that our country is so free that we can waste our time criticizing China.
  
  http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/16/ranchers-farmers-brace-for-death-tax-impact/
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 23, 2012 at 11:20am
It will not go well for this gentleman and his wife; we may be looking upon the Ferdinand moment that will ignite the rebellion in China. It takes only one spark.

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- jungle J
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 11:22am
  it is staged to make China look free…the sane understand.
  
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- burnteye86
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 11:30am
  You’re correct JUNGLE. He should be receiving that bullet to the head soon.
  
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- mecbb55
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 12:43pm
  @snow I notice that Obama never declared martial law…why not? Do you think he still will?
  
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- TSUNAMI_22
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 12:47pm
  @ Snow
  
  I’m betting that death as an alternative is vastly preferable to life in China. It’ll be the same way here in Amerika sooner than later.
  
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- rcourt50
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 12:12am
  I hope he has all his ducks in a row…
  
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