One Man’s Island: House vs Massive Housing Development

No neighbors or streets, water or electricity – not so much as a staircase leading up to the front door – yet this Chinese homeowner remains determined not to sell in the face of a wave-like set of developments despite being in their direct path. Like a bent spike in a board, ‘nail house’ owners like Zhu Baogang are the ultimate Davids in modern tales of developer Goliaths.