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A freeway in China is built around one couple’s home (with picture)

<p>People stand near a house which sits in the middle of a newly built road in Wenling city in east China&#8217;s Zhejiang province Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. The house belongs to an elderly man, who refused to sign an agreement to allow his house to be demolished by the authorities, as the compensation offered to him was not enough, according to local media. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT</p>

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When Luo Baogen and his wife refused to leave their apartment in the coastal Chinese city of Wenling to make way for a new freeway, officials ordered the road built around them. Adjacent apartments were left intact so the building would not collapse. The compensation on offer wasn’t enough, says the couple, whose home now stands as a strange testament to China’s rapid-fire growth.