Figures released on Thursday showed China's economy growing at its slowest pace in three and a half years (still an impressive 7.4 percent), but the constant reinvention of its cities continues apace.
Angus Walker, China correspondent for NBC News' U.K. partner ITV News, reported last week on a Chinese family who say they were violently attacked as they tried to protect their home in an area that had been earmarked for development.
According to Walker, Amnesty International has reported a rise in forced evictions:
Land, especially in the central parts of China's richest cities, is in high demand. Local governments across the country can make a lot of money if they force poorer people out of their homes and sell the land to property speculators.
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