Source?
I have relatives in China that got paid to leave their house last year.
They had actually just built it, but the local government offered enough to build 3 more, so they took it.
I have relatives in China that got paid to leave their house last year.
They had actually just built it, but the local government offered enough to build 3 more, so they took it.
and simple Google searches yield many results.
Undoubtedly some people greatly benefited from the land purchase, when such offers are made. I've also heard of stories (friend of a friend kinda, I do not directly know one) of people actually getting rich (not middle class, like rich rich) by having properties in areas that the government happens to like. (more so in suburbs of big cities like Shanghai or Shenzhen)
However the point is even one forced eviction is one too many and the people who come out better for it (good for them) does not justify the poor treatment of people who simply dare to say no to the communist party.
People get evicted all the time, for all sorts of reasons that may not be their fault. Why do you draw the line at eminent domain?
Romania does have a lot of issues with motorway developments because of speciments like this. After the first major one that blocked the Bucharest-Constanta motorway for years, the gov't passed a law that allows them to just take the property and pay market prices. As it should be.