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Dingzihu (钉子户) is a Chinese word that means a household or person who refuses to vacate their home to make way for real estate development. Virtual China translates the word as 'nail house' because "they stick out like nails in an otherwise modernized environment".
A photograph of the house in question has been circulating on the Chinese Internet during the last few days. It's posted on the popular Tianya forum: The coolest nail house in history.

The Tianya post has hundreds of comments representing many different points of view about the Property Law, the evils of state- and privately-owned real estate development, and the the rights of tenants.

The promising new blog Peering into the Interior has a translation of an interview with the owner of the nail house, Ms Wu Ping: Interview with China's Most Incredible Holdout

Also on Peering into the Interior: Media coverage emboldens nailhouse owners.