[nctexan]

Being in Beijing a couple years ago gave an informative perspective on "Chinese right of imminent domain".

A massive (looked like 4-5 square miles) of town was bulldozed clean to make way for the Olympic village and venue.

I have a guess that the Chinese ACLU didn't get too many appeals approved!

[Calpernia]

A news clip in reference to your post:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1614929/posts
Eminent domain, communist Chinese-style