CHAN:
And now we have a story about one family in Beijing that is having their livelihood taken away by local authorities. We bring you the story of the Yu family.
STORY:
The Yu family has been selling drinks and snacks from this tiny shop in Beijing for decades. But not – it seems – for much longer. The local authority is giving their street a make-over ahead of the Olympics.
And all the other shops which used to line the street have agreed to make way for a lush green lawn.
[Yu Pingju, Shop Owner]:
“We are extremely worried. We don’t eat and we don’t sleep. We’re physically and mentally exhausted. But what can we do? This is our home.”
Yu Pingju lives with her extended family of 14. They range in age from four to 71. She says if they agree to move they’ll have nowhere to go.
[Yu Pingju, Shop Owner]:
“You can’t just wave an Olympic flag and infringe our property rights.”
The Yu’s aren’t the first to make a stand against the authorities over development for the Olympics. But they only have until Thursday to move or risk eviction.
Duration : 0:1:11
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September 9th, 2009 at 11:09 am
CCP does’t care …
CCP does’t care about poor people’s life.
for CCP poor people are not human-being.
the most corrupt government in the whole-world.