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May 3 - Land grabs and property disputes have accelerated as China's economy expands at double-digit pace and farmland is snapped up by commercial developers.
Standoffs between developers and home owners holding out for better treatment have become common across China.
In China the term "nail house " is used to refer to people who refuse to budge from their homes.
Soundbite: Choi Chu-Cheung, Property Owner, Shenzhen
Nina Mehra reports.
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