China's competition for living space | DW Documentary
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2021
- More than 60 percent of China's population of 1.4 billion currently lives in cities. Within a decade, the share of urban dwellers is expected to increase to 75 percent. Construction is booming and competition for residential land is fierce.
But the right to live in a city in China is conditional. Authorities want their modern cities to be peopled with well-educated, highly-qualified or politically well-connected residents. As a result, certain standards have to be met to be eligible for a modern, urban home. Only members of China's political classes and the financially successful have a hope of qualifying. Yet more than half of the people who live in cities are so-called "migrant workers." They come from rural communities and have no official rights to settle in cities. They are there to work. With no proper rights, they are merely tolerated while they serve as merchants, servants, waitstaff, cleaners, construction workers and tradespeople. But while they are indispensable to daily life in the cities, they are unable to afford their exorbitant rents. This documentary looks at how and where these workers live, and asks whether middle and working class Chinese even figure in the official vision of shiny, high-tech cities. The filmmakers also look at what happens to those who oppose official plans, or stand in the way of the building boom.
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I feel so sorry for the lady that killed herself. You could see the pain in her eyes.
that shit hurt to hear. especially as someone who also suffers from depression. that hurt my soul.
Extremely sad. A country that treats it's most vulnerable like this.........Nothing to brag to the world about there. Treat it's citizens as disposable. Just so wrong.
Actually it's made by hell or aliens as we sometimes call them. Don't trust the aliens in the circle ships they were the ones who did it. When the government announced that aliens are real remember they were the ones who did the covid-19. Don't trust them.
Repent of your sins and follow Jesus Christ Almighty
She was killed for talking to camera lol thrown of building
Being rich is now a NECESSITY to survive, not just a PRIVILEGE.
So maybe it is time to stand up for our rights and freedom worldwide,and terminate the Government how it is exist they should no have authority to ruling above people head ,and privatisate national values key strategy points into private hands what is very big broblem,this is the way how they take everything away from us ! Need to start with the FREE MASONRY,ILLUMINATI
Only in china
@@krisztiankramli3038 😄😄 sounds good.. but doesn’t work
@@Peacymuzzie bad stuff doesn't only happen in China.....
...seems you are lacking some crucial information
@@krisztiankramli3038 the idea is solid... the problem is that the not so wealthy, or even poor people can not afford to protest for very long, they will run out of funds and have to get back to work.
the only way it would work is a strike worldwide by just about everyone (exept the very basic, crucial things to keep us alive) for long enough for the rich to cave in...
DW always tells the story from the perspective of the people; that's why their documentaries are so great. Thanks DW!
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@@indiasuperclean6969 ok dude..wtf taking shots at india for? ahhhh..just farted
@@indiasuperclean6969 are u being sarcastic
@@indiasuperclean6969 larping account
Funnily enough, the incentives that created the urban villages in cities like Shenzhen produced a city scape curiously similar to that of Ancient Rome 2000 years ago. That first metropolis had insulae apartments 7-8 stories tall hanging over narrow streets dominating much of the working class sector of the city, just like what we see today. Ancient sources even talk about the poor quality of the housing, the lack of light reaching the roads, the constant reek of waste, and the lack of amenities being characteristic of these spaces. Things really haven’t changed
They really haven’t
Lol don't know why you gotta find examples of ancient Rome in China if you can find near similar forms of urbanization in modern Italy. Cities like Napoli, Palermo, Genoa and many more look similar to ancient Rome's insulae. Italy is one of the most densely populated countries in the world afterall.
ah yes we have the same hygiëne standards and technology as romans 2000 years ago lmao
@@YggKriss Most of the modern poor in places like these Chinese urban villages (and other dense slums like Dharavi) probably do. Hell, most of them don't have access to potable tap water and medical services, and they're forced to use public wells and toilets just like the poor in ancient Rome.
Nothing changes under the sun. People are people, whether it's today or two thousand years the ago
if you're evicting 20 families to build apartments for hundreds... the least fortunate thing you can do is to let those families rent the new apartments for the same rent cost.. like come on...
Seriously 🤦♂️
But then there would be people living in there instead of investing on a ghost building.
20 families would be better off even in 5 of those apartments
Let them live for free. They're evicting houses that have been lived for generations. They dont pay rent on their heirloom houses
Most of the time, that's the case. If you own the home, you will be given a free apartment. But if you rented it, there ain't really a choice but to seek other places to rent.
My dude Li had balls of steel. Fighting alone against this regime takes balls. I hope he got a good compensation and lives happily with his family
he earns 10 million usd tho. so it was worth the fight. the lady wanted unrealistic compensation and eventually lost her property without any compensation lmao.
@@r3dpowel796 how do you know that
@@tb3616 because I live in shenzhen I have heard the stories and seen it.
Oh his compensation are likely something that your lifetime X 3times still can not earned that much，he is a smart guy，It's not without reason that he shut up now，You pity him for fighting, but he pity you for being poor forever，LOL
@@r3dpowel796 are you really chinese? I would love to have a talk with you, if you will
the situation is sad ...but this man is true warrior .I am so happy his fight had a good result .People like him are real role models.
It is not true, although all countries have 'poverty', this documentary only shows the negative and the poor parts and there is a lot to see in China. The middle class in China is gigantic, much more than the poor class. Most of the streets are clean and look first world. This is an urban failure where people in poverty look for ultra-cheap rental housing. These are the favelas, it is far from the big cities. But it's not the only thing about China.
I'm very grateful for YT and all the documentaries such as this. I need to be aware of what goes on beyond this small town in Nebraska where I live.
Thanks for watching.
This was hard to watch.. my heart sank when they said that woman committed suicide the next day..
If you think that is bad, then you don't want to know what Bill Gate does in India. Or the high rate of Suicide in South Korea or even the mass shooting in the USA.
@@stevejacobs2016 bot, enough of ur propaganda...u r literally denying ppl existence...is there no limit to what u will spam...I've seen bots literally spam anything, but this is a new low...better to stay quiet on innocent people lives
Where did it say at?
Not uncommon for stuborn types to be "suicided"
This broke me. I cant even imagine having my home taken away from me like this. And that woman who didn't know how to read or write. Extremely saddening.
Her committing suicide was devastating 😢
@moon moon All countries need to develop their 2nd tier cities so that the residents in these cities can make a good living there without going to the big cities. This is a problem everywhere not just in China.
The truth is most Chinese people want their house to get "destroyed" by the government because in return you usually get a lot of money or a much nicer new home.
One of my classmates in College is Chinese. His grandparents owned a small "single" house, I guess you can call it, in a fishing village just outside a big coastal city. He said the developers compensated them with 10-15 apartments that worth over 1 million RMB each at the time. And that was like 10 years ago. The only reason he was able to come to the US to study was because of that. Before that, they were dirt poor.
There are people who go buy properties like that for investment.
Vast majority of these people who refuse to leave is because they believe they aren't being compensated enough.
these people were paid millions to let the government tear down their old houses, get some background information before commenting lol
As Chinese, well, i believe the story happened 10 years ago. Recent years, people in city villages are eager to move out, this mean they will get huge compensation and at least 3-4 departments per family, it is the common story how to become rich shortly. Lets see everything with updated eyes.
Thank you for making this documentary. This documentary is very heart-wrenching. I'm very shocked and touched by watching this documentary. There should be an organization to help people living in these conditions.
DW is a GREAT MASTER to tell evil stories about China.
It’s communism!
The last guy went out like a f*cking G.
He was ready to put it all on the line. Gotta respect that.
RIP to the lady that took her life, should have taken some of those bastards with you.
That was a great final stand, R.I.P. for the poor lady tho 😢
MSN propaganda. Seen it all before.
@music man ...Would you believe me if I told you this is the best of times China has ever had? Mulan never actually beat the Huns...
@@walainulaiwi2577 good story wumao
Something like in this video also common in south korea for the same reason, the rapid booming economy
Li Qizhong is an absolute warrior. bless his brave soul fighting back. Also RIP to that poor woman its horrible how nonchalant they make it seem that they are just jumping off buildings as they get their homes taken right from under them.
I am in Guangzhou and I think the reports of many people committing suicide are exaggerated
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@@subtitlesmay7913 All countries need to develop their 2nd tier cities so that the residents in these cities can make a good living there without going to the big cities. This is a problem everywhere not just in China.
中共一開始就是強盜，現在也是強盜，一點都沒有變.
I lived in a Tier-3 city in Heilongjiang for quite a while - people jumping was COMMON. Even the deputy mayor jumped off a building. Trust me, you don't ever forget what that does to a body.
Thank you for the documentary
THE MAN WHO FOUGHT FOR DEATH IN THE NAIL HOUSE WITH BOMBS AND SHIT IS A REAL G ...
Bit coin.. boi
At 10:50 - 10:57, it's very clear how extremely sad she was. I cried.
You can see the brokenness in her eyes 😢
My heart broke when they said that she committed suicide next day....She seemed simple and innoncent.....Seems like these qualities in today's time gets you nowhere
May she rest in peace
Sometimes the only way out is death. Death has become better than living
😂haha you can be a leading actress come to China and look in your own eyes
Documents like this opens your eyes and heart. Thank you.
Thank you for what exactly?
my heart goes out to all those displaced people, as a person who is couch-surfing myself due to unaffordable housing in the bay area I can understand how depressing it is not to have security, thank god I'm not dragging kids along with me and making them suffer for my inability to make enough money to live here.
Oh no! That’s really sad. As a Montrealer, it’s getting unliveable here and the prices BOOMED in a few years so we need to go find a home 2 hours away from the Metropolis center. 😢
It’s been two years if you haven’t got yourself out that situation no excuse
When you come on UA-cam looking for something to watch and DW has a new top quality documentary! Well done DW!
Fi real I second that 🥳🥳🥳
Exactly mate!! I came to DW news channel as I have subscribed and found this video just 15 minutes it was uploaded 😂👍.
yes, always quality content.
@Hans Otto Kroeger Kaethler Well to be honest, this isn't a racist documentary but it might only highlights the issues faced by poor Chinese citizens regarding urban development and it's consequences on them. While living in Australia I had several Asian friends who came from China, Vietnam and Thailand.
I mostly like their voice over translation unlike RT
This is like the nightmare version of Home Alone.
may you rest in peace lady
This is why in the US there is the Second amendment.
@@freeeggs3811 Fifth Amendment, actually.
You don't resort to your guns as a first resort the moment the writ lands- hardly a well-regulated militia .
@@josephmendez6297 qq
Or batteries not included
DW is great for a few reasons. Consistent content, from the perspective of those who are downtrodden (usually), and translations so i can listen at work without having to read subtitles! I’m sure their documentaries also accommodate the blind and those who can’t really read well!
I love these documentaries!
Props to you guys risking your lives going to these places
Heartbroken for the woman who committed suicide 💔 May God bless her soul
she was too greedy she deserves it she wanted more than 10 million usd and ost the case in court. she lost her property and everything.
@@r3dpowel796 somehow I doubt the situation was as simple as you claim
yeah absolutely heartbreaking story not even your worst enemy deserves this kind of treatment
This report didn't mention that any rightfully homeowners will get compensation in form of alternative house(s) elsewhere or in cash by the government.
This report claimed that the woman was made homeless, hence she should have committed suicide.
@@LesliePeter that’s the thing. In China they make them sign (you get tortured if you don’t sign). They don’t mind making you homeless. China is not even close as buitiful als the propoganda and high rise buildings the cup is showing the world
The forgotten people, the little people, the despair is obvious.
The revolution is coming.
it is all around the word. So why we see this just in China? :)
This is the world we are living in and unfortunately it is not going to set any better. Conditions such as this are happening all over the world. Man’s greed knows no bounds. But hold tight, there is an end to all this misery and suffering. How long they believe they can continue to act wickedly and not be rewarded for their evil and wicked ways. Ultimately there is a price to be paid for every thing we do….every single things🤷🏾♀️
@@matejbenko8268 Well it just so happen that this is where they decided to film for this documentary🤷🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️. What’s your point? I think we know this is happening all over the world. The message you ought to get from this is how greedy and wicked, vile and callous human beings are. This world and its system ran is ran and operated by greed and selfishness and for this we all will pay dearly. It happening other places shouldn’t be the first thought that comes to mind. You brace yourself because this maybe be an issue you will be tackling in the very near future. You mark my word on that. Just saying.
You can also tell that to the Americans because they forgot the little people too. Bill fucking Gates doing the same thing, stealing farmlands from Indian farmers who then decided to commit suicide. Anything that goes on around the world, USA is just as bad or worse.
The documentary sheds light on the challenges faced by migrant workers in China's booming cities. It's a poignant exploration of urbanization and the struggle for housing rights. Thank you for bringing attention to this important issue.
It is not everyday that you see this kind of documentary. I was in my office, working and I hardly sat because of the facts that I gain from this, knowing China as a wealthy nation. Such a good and courageous documentary DW!
Fun Fact: I live in New York City and this happens here too. I live next to a building that has been partially demolished except that one resident refuses to move. Developers have been caught many times using illegal practices to remove rent controlled tenants to make room for expensive developments.
The sad thing is the people in New York and other big cities voted for this and they will vote for again. They see how democrats raise taxes and raise the cost of living yet they continually vote for basically their own lives becoming more difficult. The power of propaganda
What I don't get is who in the fuck is affording the multitudes of overpriced high-rise apartments and houses being thrown up all over the U.S. and other countries?
It happens every where, but there should be set of rules and fairness in compensation ; otherwise you will see people become homeless; and violent crime and another revolution.
that never going to show in DW
Its way too worst in western countries mate
rip to Li Jay....i hope her soul finds peace.
Something like in this video also common in south korea for the same reason, the rapid booming economy
no rip please, she is saying something completely different than what the translation says and the paper she showed is not what DW said it was. DW even did a voiceover to cover the original voice of this lady. Brilliant fake news production template.
Typical documentary by westerners trying to create havoc in china.
@Mingshi Li, then what was she talking about?
@@mingshili4101 what do u mean??? Please explain! Im lost
Wow, it was a nice watch. Thanks DW
37:00... such a powerful scene. That man is my hero! Such a powerful inspiration for all of us. Life may be tough but the human spirit will always find a way to get through it!
The world is pretty much rich vs poor, in all countries. Just in different ways.
Some countries are prosperous; if you see life as a war between rich vs. poor, you just oversimplified reality and don't know much about how economics works and how wealth is created.
@@molumusic The poor create the wealth, the rich take it. It’s that simple.
Still you won't kicked out from your house without any money.
@@mausenpai215 in most laws police will come and force you out of the house.
In China its not rich vs poor, its the government vs everyone else.
Fifty million vacant apartments owned by greedy people waiting for new owners or renters? There is already a real estate crash and they can't see it.😥
There is a God. They think they can do everything with their strength and wealth. Ill-gotten gains at the cost of misery of others will not be a blessing or progressive.
No body here mentioned President Xi Jinping !
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@@rrrose1000 Really? Hmmm
@@sentisenlajamir1019 Amen brother.
Given that China owns a stake in all Chinese businesses.. not really. This is one of the problems with China.. there is no risk, just a bunch of corruption.
Such a sad situation. My heart goes out to the poor and suffering. Thank you DW for having speaking translators. Sometimes I'm just listening and not watching. So, the verbal translations are great 👍
Rip to the lady that jumped and the rest that do it too 😢
When humanity is measured with money.
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@IKnow Daway actually being traded😐
Where is it not?
@@killerkowalski7435 😓 we must work individually for a greater welfare.
It has always been the case
Poverty is everywhere and expensive. This just shows that money and power is the absolute law. I feel sad for those poor people who were forced to give up on their residences for the sake of 'modern living'.
Exproritation happens in Western countries - in Canada, a dozen+ townhouse owners had to give them up to the school next door.
It's not really 'modern living', it's far more complicated a matter. It's not just about poverty as well. Saying it's just poverty and rich vs poor is a bit reductionist and does a disservice to the actual issues raised and to the video as well.
@@ruekurei88 its not complicated at all, CCP is heavily corrupted, and they are good at hiding their problems, that's all. It might be complicated if you are slow.
Lunar
Your comment reflects your internal beauty as well.
Stay blessed
@@knight1506
Where are you from
My heart bleeds for that woman, how can the world be so cruel to the poor, I can imagine want she went through, with Chinese one child policy, I'm sure she was the only one maybe left, taking her plot without any compensation really devastated her life, may God have mercy on her soul 😭😭😭
Like America is better??
Don't worry the aliens will come and crush all these wicked humans.
@@cryptohornbill9658 In this case, America definitely is. In the US, the government is not going to come trick you and all of your neighbors to sign away your land, or expropriate your land so that they can sell it for profit. Maybe big business will try to steal from the people, but they get caught. Amazon is currently being sued by 7 American states for using monopoly tactics to overcharge people for basic goods.
Neither country is perfect, but there is no argument to say that China is better with property rights or even human rights than the US. Go tell the Chinese people in these village centers who got screwed over that the CCP would defend their rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness if it meant losing a chance to profit or promote their agenda. Again, America has many problems, but they do not even get close to this.
Please don’t say things so recklessly.
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Thank you DW
Having to commit suicide because your government steals your home is quite insane.
Wait till you heard of 2008 America.
Rich and powerful stealing from the poor. It's an age old story
Bezos is going to steal your house someday.
@@bachvandals3259 What do you know about America? We are talking about China thou!
@@dnguyen787 the guy below you said it perfectly... Read his comment.
That woman 😭😭😭...I just imagine her being my mom... good job DW
ikr,,😢
Another broken heart here.
Your Mom is struggling for covied now! go check!
@@realartist511x ccp pet dog
uh man... :(
Thanks for subtitle in bahasa 🙏
Great documentary. Wow.
RIP Li Jay, may the soul rest in peace. .
Top quality documentary, thank you DW :) Greetings from Poland :)
Dude this is such Obvious propaganda for people who don't know China much would miss our few details.
Full of old, false, exaggerated and negative emotions
9:05 "I was confused", I think the author of this video clip is confused, too. The pages written in Chinese held in the woman's hand were actually a court document telling her that her case was accepted by the court and will proceed if she signs it. The DW journalists obviously had failed to accurately reflect this and were even more confused than the illiterate woman. Maybe if the DW journalists were not too preoccupied with their reporting they could have saved the woman's life by doing some research and giving her some sound and valuable advice( Notice they went to talk to a writer/researcher right after this woman).
Journalists can sometimes be very cruel: if they see a coming train endangering someone's life, they'd rather choose to save their footage than the life of that person. This is true especially when these journalists have an agenda/task, or are on a special mission, such as in this case (China-bashing). These DW journalists obviously knew what their priorities were bt saving a poor woman's life and their own mission.
Go to China, ask the people there, and check out the reality of this "Top quality documentary" then you will know why Chinese will just smile to your face and telling you everything you are believing is correct.
lol what can make you a better enemy if they want to lie themselves to dead?
@@leonal522 it is DW, look at its audiences...they fed them with what they want. So, rubbish feeding to those wanting the rubbish, that's it.
Powerful documentary!
Such a great documentary thank you so much
Thanks for watching!
So sad seeing their struggles. respect for Mr Li, the fighter.
haha... join him and learn from him then. He'll make you rich!
The term 'nail house' originated from Hong Kong in the 70's, where people bought or rent one unit in a soon to be developed area and let it sit for 10+ years, waiting for the big jackpot.
As China in the 2000's moved from a communist country (where no individual own any property), into a mixed capitalist country (where citizen can 'own' property on a lease), people especially in south china learnt quick that this is the way to get really rich with doing much work!
Who is Li?
@@williamy45 But Mr Li did a lot of work Lol
You really do believe this video don’t you
@@alexcorcordium8487 where is the lie then
I like that guy fights back against those thugs, he even made home made explosive
He deserves his own movie. Real life Rambo. I wish more people were brave like him. Even the reporters ran to safety when the thugs wanted to destroy his home.
He will probably end up in a concentration camp.. 🙄
He had camera with him all the time, but no video shows any footages of local police violence. maybe he was asking way too much beyound real that's why got nail house.
Sounds like Gaza, but they are called terrorist for fighting the thugs..
That guy is the best. I hope it turns out okay for him but it doesn’t look hopeful
These are the best documentaries 👍
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Nice documentry 👍.
Once again DW comes through with stellar reporting. I witnessed a nail house in Zhuhai a few years back and they seem to represent the tenacity of the human spirit in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. I fear the planet in general is becoming more dystopian.
They just feel that the price is inappropriate.你在中国真的生活过？
I agree with Li, sometimes they want more compensation but lose the ensuing gamble. Neither side of the gamble, the tenant or the developer, are morally foolproof. In fact, relocation often means winning the lottery for normal property owners, provided that you are legally the owner
The horror with ground rent in the UK is every bit as mean and unfair as what’s happening in this video.
Imagine being the developer: I’ve had almost everyone paid off handsomely to get them off this land, except for this guy, this tiny block of apartment in the middle of my planned development. Fuck it, I’ll just build around it.
And there you go, the classic nail house. It’s not always fair to the property owners, and it’s true that money can’t buy off emotional attachment, but this is hardly dystopian right?
@@lordoa hahaha tell me why his media is not true but your media is true? He has the resource from not seeing but also living. But you believe you watch a UA-cam and know better than him? How pathetic that is! But anyway, who cares what you think. Keep doing your own way! You are the best !
I am watching this from a small town in Africa. I can't start to imagine what these people are going through. Unchecked 'Modernisation' and urbanisation will be the end of everything worth living for in this world.
God help us all.
You need to get your government and courts to recognize private property and private contracts, freedom of speech and association. Also, the courts need to be independent from the government.
You don't have to
imagine when every time you open your eyes you see this
scene played all the time all over the African continent.
The former colonists left behind a legacy of
Corrupt government officials who don't let a chance slip by in making a quick buck to enrich themselves and their cronies
with complete impunity, whereby
impoverishing the
helpless and hopeless natives ,and laundering
the proceeds to safe
and tax free offshore accounts in the countries of
their former masters.
what this video showed is compeletly contary to the facts, the prejudice in the video is pretty ridiculous
History is full of injustice of all kinds. China is not different in this respect.
Importantly, those stolen old properties have been built upon for better uses.
@@EdwinaTS Better uses? Who is defining better uses? A CCP bureaucrat? Let individuals and families keep their homes. Prosperity for the Chinese people won’t come without protection of an individual’s private property.
Powerful documentry..... Thanks dw.
Love 🇮🇳🙏
Professor Juan Du is awesome. Huge respect.
They just tore down that woman's house, wow.
People fail at life... they go homeless... people get over it..
This woman? life failed her.. so messed up..
@@mikee33oo no the CCP failed her.
@@nozhki-bushaisk who ccp is, but if you say so... Ccp became her life... And it failed ger reguardless...
The narrator says some family lived there for six generations, that's all the way back to the Qing dynasty. I think China can do a better job protecting its history. Imagine visiting a village that is 200 years old that will have my admiration!
@@lass1234 unfortunately MOST if not majority of ancient China has been erased due to the mass migration to big cities.
Oh dear, I can't imagine how painful and torn his heart to keep what belongs to him for generations, the memory of neighbourhood for years until he left alone there withouth neigbours, family, wife and kids. I can't watch till the end, I can't bear to watch this injustice. Hope u always healthy and happy after all of your struggles, tough guy.
Happy ending in his case
As a Chinese, I tell you this documentary is fake,,,, believe it or not?
@@paullogan8424 when the lady said '我不知道怎么办(i dont know what i can do next)', wtf? they will get several apartments and many money. especailly she is in the megacity. how ridiculous. all chinese envy them.
@UCQ28gUCCarvvCEBKhd3OImw you just repost that same comment your full of lies
@@paullogan8424 Yeap, this documentary is so bias. They even mistranslate what the lady said. I don't believe she committed suicide. They are well compensated for their move. My friends have family members sell their land to the government or developer and became rich from it. Not only they get compensated monetarily, but with 2 units also.
This is a great documentary...
May that lady rest in peace.
It's an eye opener documentary,❤😊
thanks for making these documentaries
The lady who killed herself, heartbreaking 💔. Hope she finally found peace. 😔
god bless her soul. I was sad to see that too
I thought suicide was cowardice? 😂😂 funny how people pick and choose depending on their virtue compass
😔🙏
@@Males_Should_Be_Abused who said its cowardice? I’ve often contemplated suicide because of my mental health situation. If anything i’m too cowardly to actually do it even though sometimes I want to.
Excellent 👍
This man is a hero for humanity! Thanks for telling his story and the other's. This cycle of humanity is quickly coming to an end.
In order to move to the city from the country in China, you either have to have post secondary education or some really strong connections. I would know because before we moved to Canada, my mother was a first generation city dweller. My grandmother was illiterate but my mom pushed through and got her masters because she knew it was her only way out of the country. That’s part of the reason why Chinese parents push their children to study hard. My mother always said that a lot of people, especially people from “free” places, would not understand that in a nation of 1.4 billion, you need to have some sort of process to “filter” who gets to move into the city and who doesn’t. So while she thinks it’s neither fair nor ideal, she accepts that it had to happen.
It is already happening in America. But rather base in merit, for schools they base on race quotas.
I can't grasp one thing
Why chinese people as You said push on education because that's their only way out, instead of rebelling against this cruel system?
China is their home after all, why they don't defend it like the guy in the video, to make it better for everyone?
Instead they running away to the countries, who fought for their rights, and build nice living for themselves.
@@vitalino1981 it is simply too many people living there to make living extremely hard, not just the evil system. It is no use to fight against 1.4 billion for a living.
@@huanghermann5207 I mean, these 1.4 billion can build great country for everyone, not only privileged 1%
And there is still plenty of resources and land to do so.
I can't understand why nation is so ununified, segregated, like one classes against others.
You made some very good points. Provo to your mom!
Oh my heart feels for that woman. As they were telling her story I thought to myself, I wonder if these situations often lead to suicide... and then they said she did in fact pass away by suicide. I hope she is at peace now. Her country failed her.
Her country didn't fail her, it killed her
@@Maria7Maria it failed her by killing her.
Sounds like something out of the USA or a 3rd world country
@@qjtvaddict Liar
Yes , I saw Xi the new leader put more effort to protect the urban villagers interest; Xi has lived in the urban village too prior to his promotion to the elite.
my father told me stories about China 20 years ago. Now I can understand his story through this documentary
Hay quá
One of the greatest and courages documentary I ever see on china.
What an absolute nightmare. That man defending his home against all odds was inspirational. A true warrior.
Same stories in Vietnam
DW does such a great job with these documentaries.
Thank you for sharing the reality of the world we live in. It is cruel to see many urban villages not having resources to sustain life. These villages deal with poverty and no support from the government. Instead, the government wants to take them out of their homes and demolish what little they have.
We had a saying in our country that...." you're alive and dead at the same time "
The story of Li deserves a report on its own. The document showed in 9:06 is not a confession, but a confirmation from the local court to hear her appeal against the government in Yuexiu District. Why did she kill herself right after this? Who talked to her? Did DW at least tell her what that document means? There are still lawyers who are willing help people like these, even if it means no payment and they are bound to lose. I saw no compassion from any one around her including the journalists, as if she was not a person but merely a source of story.
horrible... so she didn't even know what the document means?
exactly, she was homeless and they just left her to death. Its horrible, no compassion, no empathy whatsoever, they only thing they care about is recording it. Heartless people
Thank you for sharing 🙏
Where is the compassion from fellow comrades and the proud 50cent army?
that's true she was an irrelevant casualty. the battle of Li Quizhong is all the more relevant in the light of that poor lady. but the documentary and this narrator seems to want to skirt over these key events. i can only assume to keep the authorities happy. that's pretty spineless when compared to that lone chinese rebel.
the story of Li wont be highlighted as it might give young people ideas as to how to stand up for themselves. cant have that now can we?
It is a very good documentary! Keep up the good work, DW.
Thank u my friends
42:15 Is this clip from the Guangzhou area, or from Taiwan?
Thank you for your continued high level documentaries. This is awesome!!
Reminds one of the stifling ghettos of New York City 120 years ago. There must be a better way. I believe every life is precious. Especially the likes of Ms Li RIP.
Exactly, this is a problem in many countries and not just in the past, by any means!
Just like china , even many indian cities like Delhi & Mumbai have many native village enclaves within the municipal boundaries of city , In my city Mumbai they are mainly called " Gaothans" & "koliwadas" they mainly consist of slum pockets & Slum Rehabilitation it's quite difficult there ( Also they aren't officially considered as " Slum")
How do you think of the living areas in this documentary, safe? Organized? Better than the new, orderly buildings? As an documentary, I wish to also see the new-built living areas on the demolished area, and the stories of the owners who got the big fat compensation (or granted with free new apartments) from giving up their old crappy living place.
DW Documentary is good at discrediting China. China has a lot of problems, but believe me, much of what this video says is false
Wow what a breathtaking documetary. Thanks DW !
This really hits home. My family's farm land was taken away by the Chinese government given a cheap price. The real estate developers and the government band together for these project. They'll build modern multi story buildings and sell them for many times more than what they paid for the land. And you see this in cities big and small. The bad thing is that this model doesn't work for smaller cities because people couldn't afford these apartments.
I can attest to this statement. I live in a 2nd tier city and see it everywhere. I find it interesting how people earn 3000kuai and pay 500kuai for rent each month. It’s really shocking as a 外国人。 I feel sad for the land that has been ruined to build megacities and the number of historical sites destroyed due to capitalism and consumerism and mass migration encouragement.
The govt is so evil
@@Hana-qs9zg All countries need to develop their 2nd tier cities so that the residents in these cities can make a good living there without going to the big cities. This is a problem everywhere not just in China.
@@Kanal7Indonesia All countries need to develop their 2nd tier cities so that the residents in these cities can make a good living there without going to the big cities. This is a problem everywhere not just in China.
@@leealex24 yes the problem is everywhere but the only thing i wish that these cruel government atleast do proper compensation for the people...
this same thing happened to my family. the russians took our family business (nationalized) and our family home (freeway)... so my father escaped czechoslovakia, lived in an internment camp in france, and came through ellis island. this is an old story that keeps playing out, unfortunately. fabulous documentary, thank you.
stroy may be of a little difference. if you really live in china or at least stay in china for a few months, you will realize or be told that if your house is sprayed with a Chinese character 拆 meaning demolishment, you are going to be a lucky and rich man. Because the government will resettle your family by cash or new aparment as per the macket rates. however some ppl expect to acquire more money from the goverment eapecially when they think the house location is vital to a proposed mega project like the high way will go through the to -be -demolished house. this will result in the conflicts you have seen in the DW video clip. but DW will never told you this context instead of saying chinese govermment performs violation of human rights or tenant rights. haha
@@yuanlaixianzai3243 usually "market rate" is not enough to buy a place of equal value?
As I understood, you family was from Czechoslovakia. So, there was Czech autorities that took your properties, not russians. Soviet people suffered as much as your during communist regime. My both grandgrandfathers were robbed, theirs properties taken away, one of them was killed, another one survived, even though was poor all his life, had never have any property even decent house.
Thank you for doing these documentaries, showing the reality of life for the poorer people, just heartbreaking for these poor souls
China has a lot of patients to educate these people who obviously had been looking at China through nothing but western propaganda. Everything you hear and see are carefully engineered controlled by your own media without even you are realizing. China is lucky to have a group of competent leaders, leading to prosperous times. Look at yourself first before you speak! Absurd healthcare cost, poor infrastructure, high number of unemployment, high crime rates, freedom of racism. What a shame!
countries want to get rid of cheap living spaces but fail to realize this is the reason they can afford cheap labor in the middle of an expensive city.
Imagine if he had a UA-cam channel and had live streams of what was going on! He would of had crazy support from all around the world!
UA-cam is banned in China.
@@abdulvahid93 Yeah, I’m glad not to live in China, seems awful.
@@everevelyn1094 me too.
Theyd shut the channel down. The american owner class is making too much money via china to allow criticism
Help him get one then. Become that for him
I know that the urban villages aren't good places to live but they are a better model of urbanism than the high-rises that replace them. compared to slums in other places they have a lot of potential. Really good for density, affordability, and I thought those shots of the busy market streets looked good. If the government was interested in improving these people's living conditions they would go about renovating these buildings and maybe add some space vertically, but without demolishing the whole neighborhood.
Why the subtitle is in the middle of the screen?
39 year old me living with mom and brother sharing 1/3 of the rent at $450 with rent control. Living in San Pedro (Los Angeles) not being able to move anywhere in a 50 mile radius because "regular" rent is approaching $3,000 for a "middle class" place. at $1100 for a studio in a slummy neighborhood, I can't move anywhere.
Ever think about moving? California is expensive. Especially in the cities. I live in the Bay Area. There are so many cities with similar opportunities but less expensive.
@@Tounguepunchfartbox All countries need to develop their 2nd tier cities so that the residents in these cities can make a good living there without going to the big cities. This is a problem everywhere not just in China.
It's called capitalism. The rich gets richer. The poor gets poorer.
I think the U.S. is headed in this direction. Home ownership is becoming impossible for many and rents are too high. The U.S. economy is also made possible by low wage workers. Unless we get leaders who value the quality of life of all its citizens, the situation is is becoming increasingly dire.
Same in france
"U.S is headed in this direction"?
I have never been to USA i only read about what's going on in USA economy. But I thought USA was there before China. I mostly work in various African countries but here in what's considered poor countries, there's nothing like a homeless person. Nobody is homeless and even people who earn a monthly salary of $100 or less per month can have a family they support and even build a house. No mortgage here so everyone build their house and from as low as people who earn less than $100 salary, people have a house they own.... I definitely support modernisation but I'm aware that in future many people will look to days of today here in Africa and wish for this ongoing golden age where you have assurance of a home...
The more a country grows, housing becomes a problem. I see South Africa suffering homeless people and housing crisis yet its the most developed country on the continent.
I am watching some videos on UA-cam selling houses and condos in Florida. They are still very cheap in American standard. Like with $300-400K you can get a 3 bedroom property with good condition. Compared to the cramped and expensive living condition in China, US is like heaven.
@Viper vibe No they aren't, it's conservatives with the money and means to constantly spend money in neighbourhoods they feel are "safe" once enough gentrification has happened.
That's highly unlikely on a scale similar to China. China has over a billion more people compared to the US, in a geographical land that is almost identical in size. If Americans are really concerned about this, it would help to stop procreating so unnecessarily. That is often an unspoken of cause of many of these issues.
I was really sad about the tragedy happened in China. I really appreciate the filmmakers and admire their efforts to reveal what's happened..
Regardless of the color of our skin or what we look like, everyone is going through unimaginable things in their home countries and risk it all to move to countries that have more opportunity for a better life. Thank you for documenting people all over the world and showing us real life problems that occur and how hard life is for people in countries that aren't provided with protection and help by their governments. Every time I travel I realize how good people in the US got it. Even the poverty in the US is not comparable to poverty in 3rd world countries or people who live suppressed by their own government in countries like China. Thank you for educating and sharing content that helps people open their views and eyes to real life problems in a world where people have lost touch of what truly matters.
not sure what relevance your comments have. Chinese citizens are prisoners in their own countries. Their own government has no respect or care for its own people, tyranny and dictatorships are evil and must end
brain washed😅😅
This same so called nail house demolition also happen in cities in America and all over the world. My question is where's God intervention to protect the ordinary people in this?
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@@grantandrew619 China has a lot of patients to educate these people who obviously had been looking at China through nothing but western propaganda. Everything you hear and see are carefully engineered controlled by your own media without even you are realizing. China is lucky to have a group of competent leaders, leading to prosperous times. Look at yourself first before you speak! Absurd healthcare cost, poor infrastructure, high number of unemployment, high crime rates, freedom of racism. What a sham!
Thank you DW for being the speaker for the voiceless!
9:05 "I was confused", I think the author of this video clip is confused, too. The pages written in Chinese held in the woman's hand were actually a court document telling her that her case was accepted by the court and will proceed if she signs it. The DW journalists obviously had failed to accurately reflect this and were even more confused than the illiterate woman. Maybe if the DW journalists were not too preoccupied with their reporting they could have saved the woman's life by doing some research and giving her some sound and valuable advice( Notice they went to talk to a writer/researcher right after this woman).
Journalists can sometimes be very cruel: if they see a coming train endangering someone's life, they'd rather choose to save their footage than the life of that person. This is true especially when these journalists have an agenda/task, or are on a special mission, such as in this case (China-bashing). These DW journalists obviously knew what their priorities were bt saving a poor woman's life and their own mission.
@@leonal522 the document shown Is dated 2012 so it may be too late for DW to help with the legal documents. But I agree that DW journalist don’t really understand what is really going on
Wow the end could have been in an action movie! Another incredible documentary from DW.
Hey DW, the mortorcyle waterfall scene at 42:17 is Taiwan's Taipei Bridge, it's not in China.
Fascinating report, so many details and informative visuals
I feel for that lady at 10:50 who lost her home and jumped rest easy
Growing up in Shenzhen, it used to be a different place. Now it's expensive and cold.
Modernization
@@jimmytimmy3680 also not many places for get together without paying.
Almost all activities is business or shopping related.
@@TheLibraryOfEmotions Yeah, well, Earth's population will stabalize around 2100 with around 9,000 million and then hopefully, a better global, economic and political system originates in the following 1000 years for the betterment of humanity.
Cyclelines in your city are amazing, and you don't search social values like tranquility and security in many western cities, but in your city these values are 80%-90% reality. Please, when you can travel out your country, visit Sinaloa in Mexico or Caracas in Venezuela or african capital cities and compare...
@Johnson Li I leave Shenzhen when I was 18 and I'm a content creator in Toronto now haha.
But I see my friends are living a very materialistic lifestyle without much choice. (if you're working in the city for 70 hours a day, they don't have much energy to go outside of the city on Sunday)
Holy shit what a doc!!!
I will never forget you, Miss Lee! 😢
That was 2012, we need an update for 2021