It's still going to be demolished, despite the unblinking face of Xi Jinping warning against it.
Fun fact: every member of China's current politburo has his/her own official portrait. The perfectly-combed man in this official-as-hell photo is, of course, China's most powerful man, President Xi Jinping.
If you didn't recognize him – don't worry – you won't easily forget his face after today.
It's a strong picture. That's probably why a "nail house" landlord in downtown Shanghai believed in the portrait's power to defeat a demolition order: the landlord, unidentified, covered his building in hundreds of copies of that photo last Friday.
A "nail house" is a house whose landlords refuse to accept compensation the government offers to leave so the property can be redeveloped. This particular building, surrounded by high-rise residential and office buildings, is reported to be standing in the way of Shanghai's No.15 subway line currently under construction.
South China Morning Post reported that photos of the building went viral on social media after state-controlled media The Paper initially picked them up, but neither the story nor any of the social media comments it reportedly spawned could be found by press time.
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So the landlord hoped that with this many Xis Jinping lined up, there's no way the house could be demolished.
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Totally 100% solid and not at all crazy plan.
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