I will not be moved! Chinese homeowner remains defiant even after ruthless developers make his house collapse by bulldozing the land around him


His house is collapsing and his entire village has been bulldozed - but He Cuilan remains defiant to the bitter end.

The 58-year-old is refusing to move from the family home even after ruthless developers left it perched perilously on a mound of earth after digging away all the land around him.

After a recent heavy rainfall, part of the property has now crumbled away - leaving it a ruin which can now only be accessed by ladder.



But He insists he will guard his house 'until my last breath'.

Only house in the village: A Chinese man refuses to move out of his home even after hard-line developers bulldozed all the land around him Last home standing... just: The house has collapsed after the developers dug away all of the surrounding land, leaving it perched on a thin column of earth He has been locked in a months-long battle with developers who have demolished his village to make way for an expansion plan in the city of Changsha in south China's Hunan province. He says he is prepared to move, but only if he could afford to buy a similar place somewhere else. RELATED ARTICLES Previous

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Defiant in the face of 'dirty tricks': He Cuilan says he will guard his home 'until my last breath' because the developers have not offered him enough money to move 'Despicable': After a stand-off lasting months, the developers increased the stakes by cutting off the electricity and then cut off the water supply But he and his family still refuse to go. Then on one occasion when he and his family out from the house, the developers dug away all of the land leaving the property perched on a thin column of earth. He said: 'I am not complaining about the way they are treating me and all the dirty tricks they are using, but every time they do something despicable it just means my price goes up. The bottom line is that I intend to guard my house until my last breath. 'It used to be the best house in the village, it was on the highest point even then. It's funny but now it is still the best house in the village even though it's a ruin because it's the only house - and it's also still the highest because everywhere else they have dug away the earth leaving it on a huge pillar of mud.' His family have urged the developers to settle, saying that they are worried the pillar of earth could collapse at any stage.

