46-year-old Lu Daren (R) holding up a banner that reads "nail ...
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Fri Dec 18, 1:24 AM ET
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46-year-old Lu Daren (R) holding up a banner that reads "nail house" outside a Beijing restaurant he has been hired to protect from demolision. Land seizures, often involving corrupt officials eyeing real estate profits, have been a problem for years and given rise to the term "nail house" to describe a holdout tenant or occupant -- a nail refusing to be hammered down.

(AFP/Peter Parks)

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