Stubborn property owner relents

A sole building has been standing on a piece of land in Shenzhen, China, for seven years

A Chinese property owner who has refused to sell up her house to the government for seven years has finally agreed to move for £1.8 million.

Ms Yang's seven-storey building was the only house left on a plot earmarked in 2010 for the construction of a new train station.

Ms Yang said she had been worn out after seven years of negotiation with the government and decided to give in. The building was demolished on November 16.

After seven years of negotiation, she finally agreed to have the building demolished last week

In early November, Ms Yang finally agreed and accepted to have her building demolished.

Rumours have spread on Chinese social media that Ms Yang had been given 130,000,000 yuan as compensation. 

Ms Yang clarified in a telephone interview with Shenzhen Television that it was not true.

'According to the compensation scheme of illegal properties set by the government, the compensation is 13,900 yuan (£1,580) per square metre, add along the facilities that the building has and the management fee over the years, the total is 16,000,000 yuan (£1.8 million),' said Ms Yang.

Officer Deng Caibin, from the Urban Renewal Department, confirmed to the reporter that the figure £14 million was not correct.

A blue print shows the new Shenzhen North Railway Station to be built on the site