Farmers in China have faced forced evictions and illicit land grabs for decades — sources of social unrest that the government is finally trying to address in a major shake-up of its property law.
Ni has been jailed twice for her advocacy and is paralyzed from the waist down, a result she says of beatings received during her detention.
The new guidelines have narrowed the interpretation of “public interest” to prevent abusive land grabs. “It forces courts and judges to be consistent with their interpretations, thus reducing room for political meddling.” Local governments have taken away land from 100,000 to 500,000 farmers every year between 2005 to 2015 in violation of national land-use laws, according to a study by Qiao Shitong, a property and urban law professor at the University of Hong Kong.In China, land can only be owned by the state or collective organizations. Private individuals or businesses can only buy the right to use land for up to 70 years.
“This is a strong boost of confidence to the country’s homebuyers who were in the dark about what would happen… once the so-called usage-period expires,” said Dong Jizhou, a real estate analyst for Huatai Financial Holdings. Han Bingxing, who rents a luxury apartment in Beijing, found her water cut off in March after being just two weeks late on rent.
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