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'Highway House' Owner Finally Caves

Chinese farmer Luo Baogen lets officials demolish his home

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 1, 2012 5:03 PM CST

(Newser) – A symbol of resistance in China has finally bit the dust. An elderly couple had refused to give up their house even though a highway was built around it—and the quirky image became an Internet sensation, the Guardian reports. But duck farmer Luo Baogen,...   Read full story »

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