when compromise is a good thing...

From Ananova

House is an island

Developers have turned a house into an island in China after the owner refused to move out.

The villa now stands alone in a 30ft deep man-made pit in Chongqing city, reports Jinbao Daily.

The Chongqing Zhengsheng Real Estate Company wants to turn the area into a £40m 'Broadway' square, including apartments and a shopping mall.

But the owner of the villa says he won't move out unless the company pays his price - the equivalent of £1.3 million.

"The villa owner refuses to move, so the real-estate developer has had to dig out all around it to force him to," says a saleswoman at Weilian Real Estate Sales Company.

"He wants 20 million yuan, or he'll stay till the end of the world."

It would be interesting to see who gives in first. Sometimes it is necessary to compromise.

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Margaret, Mary and I went to the Dumpling Inn this evening for dinner. We had salt and pepper whitebait, three cups wine chicken and stuffed tofu. It was quite yummy.