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Life in the fast lane

A Chinese man who refused to sell his house to make way for a new motorway has ended up stranded in the middle of the four-lane bypass. Huang Ping, who lives in Jiangsu province with his young grandson, was offered £180,000 to vacate the property. He declined, apparently assuming a better offer would follow, but none did. “I do regret it a bit,” he admitted. “If I could turn back time, I would agree to the demolition conditions they offered. Now it feels like I lost...