Bulldozers Flatten Beijing's Hutongs

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Margaret Cowell

27 May 2005 - 12:00pm

300,000 residents have been moved to prepare Beijing for the Olympics.

Developers in Beijing have already relocated 300,000 city residents, some illegally, in preparation for the 2008 Olympics. Despite peaceful public protests, reparations seem to be scarce and protesters have been imprisoned. Now Amnesty International has taken notice and has threatened to turn the forced evictions into a "human rights embarassment."

Full Story: Thousands of homes destroyed to make way for Olympic tourists

Source: The Times, May 26, 2005

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