I recently read an article about the destruction of homes for the Olympics. As houses are demolished in preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, hundreds of thousands of people in China are left without homes. Above, a construction worker helps in the demolition of homes. Below, a homeless man sleeps on a sidwalk in Beijing.
It is a prime example of demolition and destruction in the name of self-glorification. As China attempts to quicken their modernization and beautify their nation for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens suffer in the process. Behind the ostentatiously attractive Olympics lies a much darker, ugly story. Often the people are given only a few days notice of the demolition to come and are not given sufficient compensation for relocation. There is often corruption in the process of receiving compensation and the compensation usually undervalues the house’s market price. It will be interesting to see how this rise in homelessness directly instigated by the government in preparation for the 2008 Olympics will affect China long-term. Click on this link to read the entire article, an article by Spencer Anderson: http://cgmg.jour.city.ac.uk/news.php?story=129.
It is a prime example of demolition and destruction in the name of self-glorification. As China attempts to quicken their modernization and beautify their nation for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens suffer in the process. Behind the ostentatiously attractive Olympics lies a much darker, ugly story. Often the people are given only a few days notice of the demolition to come and are not given sufficient compensation for relocation. There is often corruption in the process of receiving compensation and the compensation usually undervalues the house’s market price. It will be interesting to see how this rise in homelessness directly instigated by the government in preparation for the 2008 Olympics will affect China long-term. Click on this link to read the entire article, an article by Spencer Anderson: http://cgmg.jour.city.ac.uk/news.php?story=129.
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