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Anger as Beijing Starts Latest
Round of Demolitions
Reuters
Tuesday December 4, 2007
BEIJING—Chinese workers started the latest
round of forced demolitions for projects related to next year's
Beijing Olympics on Tuesday, sparking anger from some residents
who say their objections have been ignored.
A large crane dismantled a small, low-rise block of apartments
as resident Zhang Yaoyao looked on, a short distance from the
main "bird's nest" Olympic stadium.
Developers plan to build a "security channel" where
the flats stand, according to a notice plastered to an exterior
wall.
But the remaining six families say they have been offered a pitifully
small amount of compensation for losing their houses, and requests
to talk about their removal with officials have been ignored.
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"They have demolished my house without any justification
or compensation, using the Olympics as an excuse," an angry
Zhang told Reuters, as workers with hammers picked over the remains
of his home.
"Is it the way China is going to build the Olympics? Are
there still human rights in China?" he added.
With less than a year to go before the Games begin, there is
still lingering resentment about the way the government has pushed
some people out of their homes to build roads, subways, stadiums
and other facilities.
The government and Beijing Olympic organisers have consistently
denied using coercion and insisted all compensation claims had
been properly dealt with.
Rights groups have criticised Beijing for detaining people who
try to protest against the knocking down of their homes and the
arbitrary nature of the demolition process.
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