“This land is your land” until it’s not
Eminent domain is not limited to just the US and super store sites.
Those evicted who feel that they have not been compensated adequately may have little redress. M Becquelin said that last year the courts received instructions not to take up any case seeking compensation. And residents who lose homes or businesses face the combined might of city authorities and wealthy developers eager to profit.
“In a system so opaque there are huge avenues for corruption for anyone with a lead about an area to be developed,” M Becquelin said.
The bigger the government program or plan, the more people that will shoved aside. China has only reached the 300,000 mark. All in the name of progress and the Olympic spirit.
