Developers dig pit around man's house

A man in China refused to sell his house to project developers, and so the developers dug a deep pit around the man's house.

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The Chongqing Zhengsheng Real Estate Company wants to turn the area into a £40m 'Broadway' square, including apartments and a shopping mall.

But the owner of the villa says he won't move out unless the company pays his price — the equivalent of £1.3 million.

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Tom says:

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Reminds me of this house on the M62 motorway in the UK. It's a farmhouse on a remote stretch of moorland in Yorkshire (well, apart from the motorway), and the motorway splits to go around the farmhouse. It's become a well known landmark: