When a former demolisher becomes star 'nail'

I witnessed recently a scuffle between demolishers and people who refused to be evicted. In a dramatic show, an angry man waved a white flag to the onlookers and shouted "This house can only be demolished over my dead body". Behind him, four to five sturdy looking young guards stared at him menacingly.

He was a professional "nail", hired by "nail households", or restaurant owners, who refuse to move without being properly compensated.

"Nail households" are now common as people refuse to be evicted and stick out like a "nail". In this case, the restaurant owners were a young couple who had sold an apartment partly financed by their parents to start their restaurant business.