Kung fu master keeps bailiffs at bay

A Chinese man’s home is his castle: kung fu master keeps bailiffs at bay in the siege of Chongqing

The picture of the house in the paper is truely wierd. The martial arts bit in the article is:
During the three years their fight has gone on Mr Yang, 51, has used his martial arts skills to fend off gangs of thugs sent by the developers to evict them

Sadly it doesn’t say what style of kung fu he’s a master of, but could he possibly own the real wing chun? :wink:

It’s probably just some makeshift weapons. My granddad used to fend off political zealots with makeshift farmtools in the same kind of situation, except they were commies and not “bailiffs”… It was pretty fucked up back then.

Then again, it’s still fucked up in some places over there.

Maybe he has his wife pour hot tar over the gangsters as they invade his gates.

Movie.

edit. Starring Yuen Wah.

WOW! The picture is amazing:

but, but, but kung fu is useless.

I’d say the moat-fu might have something to do with his success …

whoops … doze-fu ftw.

[i]http://www.danwei.org/

Chongqing nail house destroyed
April 3, 2007 11:02 AM

China’s first Internet icon of 2007 succumbs to the bulldozer
The Chongqing nail house has been destroyed, according to this report on Netease (in Chinese), illustrated with images by a Xinhua News Agency photographer.

‘Nail house’ (钉子户) refers to a house whose owners refuse to move out to make way for redevelopment. The Nail House of Chongqing rose rapidly to national fame in the last few weeks, largely because photos of the house looked so cool, and were spread rapidly around the Internet.

The Netease article does not mention the settlement or what happened to the owners of the house.[/i]

This house is now gone.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6520317.stm

Demolition ends China house row

House demolition
The home of a Chinese family who defied property developers in a high-profile campaign has finally been demolished.
The family of Wu Ping gave up defending their Chongqing house after reportedly reaching a deal with the authorities.

The “nail house” - so called because it refused to be hammered down - had been isolated in a huge construction pit after other households agreed to move.

The dispute became a cause celebre for ordinary Chinese people who have tried to fight property developers.

But the struggle came to an end on Tuesday, when a few dozen people looked on as the two-storey brick building was broken up by an earth mover.

A night watchman at the building site told AFP news agency: “The stubborn nail has been removed.”

Mrs Wu, when told the house had been demolished, reportedly said: “Oh well.”

New law

Her husband, Yang Wu, stayed in the house until the demolition, hanging out banners reading: “The legal private property of citizens cannot be violated.”

The house was the last standing on a huge construction site

The family had insisted on staying in their home, because they were not satisfied with the compensation the authorities were offering.

Mrs Wu said earlier that she had been offered an apartment in a planned new complex, or a cash settlement, but she turned both down.

According to state news agency Xinhua, the couple have now agreed to move into another apartment elsewhere in Chongqing.

Accusations of illegal land grabs and corruption have dogged China’s fast-paced building expansion, and the family’s resistance has been portrayed as heroic by state media.

China’s parliament last week passed a landmark law to boost protection of property rights for individuals.

My my, communism has changed a lot since I was a lad…